Lot 440
Ruysch, Frederik
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 4 May 2011 at 12:00 BST
Description
Opera omnia anatomico-medico-chirurgica. Amsterdam: J. Waesberg, 1737-44. 2 volumes, 4to, engraved frontispiece, portrait & 132 engraved plates, some by C. Huyberts, some folding, engravings in text, contemporary half calf, covers detached, one plate torn without loss, a few leaves spotted or slightly browned
Footnote
Note:The two volumes contain 42 separate works, together with two indexes, each having a special title page and separate pagination, and with dates varying from 1724 to 1741. Heirs of Hippocrates (Univ. of Iowa Press, 1990), where this set is no. 627, calling for 51 plates in the part "Observationum anatomico-chirurgicarum centuria; accedit Catalogus rariorum". 1737. [12] 188 pp., 51 plates (part fold.)