Lot 392

Lower, Richard





Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 4 May 2011 at 12:00 BST
£1,875
Description
Tractatus de corde. London: J. Allestry, 1669. First edition, 2nd issue with cancellans A6 [catchword reading "quic"], 8vo [16], 220, [20], 6 (of 7) folding plates, lacking plate 7, with initial blank A1, modern calf, some spotting and discolouration, library stamps to title
Footnote
Note: The first important work on cardiac physiology to appear after the work of Harvey. Wing L3310; Printing and the Mind of Man 149.




