HARVEY, William (1578-1657). The anatomical exercises of Dr. William Harvey ... concerning the motion of the heart and blood . - Zachariah SYLVIUS (1608-1664). The preface ... upon the anatomical exercises of Doctor William Harvey . - Jacobus de BACK (1593/4-1658), The Discourse . - William HARVEY Two anatomical exercitations concerning the circulation of the blood . London: Francis Leach, for Richard Lowndes, 1653. 8 o (152 x 95 mm). Collation: * 8(-1 blank, +-2) ** 8 *** 4 A-X 8 Y 4, 191 leaves. With the cancel title leaf. Ornamental woodcut initials, woodcut or typographical headpieces. (Cropped touching headlines on ca. 10 pages.) Contemporary English calf (rebacked retaining original backstrip). Provenance : "Dr. Harvey" lettered on fore-edge; British Medical Association Library (ink stamps on endleaves). FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of Harvey's De motu cordis presenting his discovery of the circulation of the blood. This translation, described by Keynes as "a vigorous, if unpolished, version of Harvey's book in contemporary language", was derived from the Latin edition published by Arnold Leers in Rotterdam in 1648, and includes the commentary by Zachariah Wood and James de Back printed there. To this was added a translation of Harvey's Exercitationes duae anatomicae de circulatione sanguinis , in which he defended his theory against the criticisms of Jean Riolan. This text was published by Leers in 1649 (see lot ____, a copy of the two Leers editions bound together). According to Keynes, most copies of this edition, like the present one, have a cancel title-leaf. The cancellandum and cancellans title pages were printed from the same setting of type and are identical except for the omission of a rule from the latter, but the verso of the cancel title is blank, without verses in praise of Harvey by Zachariah Wood. Heirs of Hippocrates 422; Keynes Harvey 19; Osler 7698; NLM/Krivatsy 5338 (with the cancel title); Waller 4105; Wellcome III, p.219; Wing H-1083; Norman 1008. [ With :] HARVEY, William. La circulation du sang: des mouvements du coeur chez l'homme et chez les animaux. -Deux rponses Riolan . Translated from Latin into French by Charles Richet. Paris: G. Masson, 1879. Two lithographic plates, text illustrations. Red half-morocco. Provenance : Charles-Adolf Wrtz (1817-1884), chemist and professor (translator's presentation inscription on half-title). First edition in French. Keynes Harvey 28; Norman 1009. (2)
HARVEY, William (1578-1657). The anatomical exercises of Dr. William Harvey ... concerning the motion of the heart and blood . - Zachariah SYLVIUS (1608-1664). The preface ... upon the anatomical exercises of Doctor William Harvey . - Jacobus de BACK (1593/4-1658), The Discourse . - William HARVEY Two anatomical exercitations concerning the circulation of the blood . London: Francis Leach, for Richard Lowndes, 1653. 8 o (152 x 95 mm). Collation: * 8(-1 blank, +-2) ** 8 *** 4 A-X 8 Y 4, 191 leaves. With the cancel title leaf. Ornamental woodcut initials, woodcut or typographical headpieces. (Cropped touching headlines on ca. 10 pages.) Contemporary English calf (rebacked retaining original backstrip). Provenance : "Dr. Harvey" lettered on fore-edge; British Medical Association Library (ink stamps on endleaves). FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of Harvey's De motu cordis presenting his discovery of the circulation of the blood. This translation, described by Keynes as "a vigorous, if unpolished, version of Harvey's book in contemporary language", was derived from the Latin edition published by Arnold Leers in Rotterdam in 1648, and includes the commentary by Zachariah Wood and James de Back printed there. To this was added a translation of Harvey's Exercitationes duae anatomicae de circulatione sanguinis , in which he defended his theory against the criticisms of Jean Riolan. This text was published by Leers in 1649 (see lot ____, a copy of the two Leers editions bound together). According to Keynes, most copies of this edition, like the present one, have a cancel title-leaf. The cancellandum and cancellans title pages were printed from the same setting of type and are identical except for the omission of a rule from the latter, but the verso of the cancel title is blank, without verses in praise of Harvey by Zachariah Wood. Heirs of Hippocrates 422; Keynes Harvey 19; Osler 7698; NLM/Krivatsy 5338 (with the cancel title); Waller 4105; Wellcome III, p.219; Wing H-1083; Norman 1008. [ With :] HARVEY, William. La circulation du sang: des mouvements du coeur chez l'homme et chez les animaux. -Deux rponses Riolan . Translated from Latin into French by Charles Richet. Paris: G. Masson, 1879. Two lithographic plates, text illustrations. Red half-morocco. Provenance : Charles-Adolf Wrtz (1817-1884), chemist and professor (translator's presentation inscription on half-title). First edition in French. Keynes Harvey 28; Norman 1009. (2)
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