Live auction - Lot 720
[Surgery]
Heelkundige onderwyzingen.
Amsterdam, Gerrit de Groot, Jan Morterre, 1755
€ 250 / 350
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Lot description
2 vol., 4to: [44]-442, [4]-443/1278-[56] pp.
Contemp. calf (corners bumped and rubbed, covers used), gilt orn. spines on 5 raised bands (joints split, spines compl. used). Used bindings, inside fine.
Second edition of the Dutch translation (1st 1741) of a major work by Heister (1683-1758), founder of scientific surgery in Germany and prof. of anatomy at Altdorf. Translated into Dutch after the latest German impression, enlarged and illustrated by H. Ulhoorn. Engr. ill.: title, coat of arms, 2 full-page pl., 26 fold. pl. and 15 fold. plates of scientific instruments added by Ulhoorn. Titles in red & black.
Ref. Bibl. Med. Neerl. I:292. - Blake 204. - STCN. - Not in Wellcome, BL, BnF, Opac KBR.