Author: Harvey, William
Title: Anatomical Exercitations, Concerning the Generation of Living Creatures: To Which Are Added Particular Discourses, of Births, and of Conceptions Etc.
Description: James Young for Octavian Pulley, 1653. Hardcover. 8vo., (24ll.) + 566pp. (i.e. 556pp.) + errata leaf, a complete copy - possibly in original C17th full calf binding - but recently rebacked with new endpapers. This first edition in English of Harvey's classic work on embryology recognised as the most important book on the subject in the seventeenth-century. Unlike Harvey's only other book, DE MOTU CORDIS, this work is a large collection of observations on diverse subjects.The chapter on midwifery is the first work on the subject to be written by an Englishman. This book demonstrates Harvey's wide knowledge of the existing literature on the subject. Harveys portrait is absent as recognised in at least half of the copies known - which may never have contained it. In ruled original calf which is a worn and somewhat scoured in places. . Some browning of edges of endpapers but text generally clean and crisp. Library stamp of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland on the title page only. No other library marks. A rarity. . Very Good (as such)

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