Anatomical illustration.- Aselli (Gaspare) De lactibus sive lacteis venis quarto vasorum mesaraicorum genere nove invento...dissertatio, first edition, additional engraved title and portrait of the author, both by Cesare Bassano 4 folding chiaroscuro woodcut plates printed in black, dark and light red, title with small stain to upper margin, repaired wormholes to rear endpapers and pastedown, one also affecting final plate, some plates with old reinforcing strips to folds on verso, contemporary vellum, slight worming to spine, edge and corners of lower cover slightly worn, [Garrison & Morton 1094; Heirs of Hippocrates 453; Norman 76; Osler 1846; Waller 502; Wellcome 6837], 4to (218 x 176mm.), Milan, Giovanni Battista Bidelli, 1627. ⁂ A very good copy in contemporary binding of the first book with anatomical illustrations printed in colour and the first scientific study of the lymphatic system. "in 1622, while performing vivisection on a dog, Aselli chanced upon the lacteal vessels. His De lactibus is a landmark in the history of anatomical illustration: it may well be the first publication to use colored illustrations in the service of scientific clarity." (Norman). The plates have been attributed to the Milanese engraver Cesare Bassano (1584-1648) and his associate Domenico Falcini (c.1575-1632). Provenance: Giuseppe Perego (Mantuan physician, ink inscription dated 1651 to front endpaper); Luigi Francesco Castellani (Mantuan physician 1727-94, ink inscription dated 1752 to front endpaper).
Anatomical illustration.- Aselli (Gaspare) De lactibus sive lacteis venis quarto vasorum mesaraicorum genere nove invento...dissertatio, first edition, additional engraved title and portrait of the author, both by Cesare Bassano 4 folding chiaroscuro woodcut plates printed in black, dark and light red, title with small stain to upper margin, repaired wormholes to rear endpapers and pastedown, one also affecting final plate, some plates with old reinforcing strips to folds on verso, contemporary vellum, slight worming to spine, edge and corners of lower cover slightly worn, [Garrison & Morton 1094; Heirs of Hippocrates 453; Norman 76; Osler 1846; Waller 502; Wellcome 6837], 4to (218 x 176mm.), Milan, Giovanni Battista Bidelli, 1627. ⁂ A very good copy in contemporary binding of the first book with anatomical illustrations printed in colour and the first scientific study of the lymphatic system. "in 1622, while performing vivisection on a dog, Aselli chanced upon the lacteal vessels. His De lactibus is a landmark in the history of anatomical illustration: it may well be the first publication to use colored illustrations in the service of scientific clarity." (Norman). The plates have been attributed to the Milanese engraver Cesare Bassano (1584-1648) and his associate Domenico Falcini (c.1575-1632). Provenance: Giuseppe Perego (Mantuan physician, ink inscription dated 1651 to front endpaper); Luigi Francesco Castellani (Mantuan physician 1727-94, ink inscription dated 1752 to front endpaper).
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