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 (+-2) **8 ***4 A-X8 Y4, 191 leaves. With the cancel title leaf. Ornamental woodcut initials, woodcut and typographical headpieces. (Light dampstaining to 4 quires, some pale dampstaining on preliminaries and in final part, final leaf discolored at marginal edges from binding, some headlines shaved on approximately 15 leaves, a few tiny marginal wormtracks.) Contemporary English blind-ruled calf (rebacked, a few small repairs); quarter morocco folding case. Provenance : "ER" (contemporary initials on first blank) -- Harrison D. Horblit (bookplate) -- purchased from H.P. Kraus, New York, 18 October 1984. 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. 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); Norman 1008; Waller 4105; Wellcome III, p.219; Wing H-1083.
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 (+-2) **8 ***4 A-X8 Y4, 191 leaves. With the cancel title leaf. Ornamental woodcut initials, woodcut and typographical headpieces. (Light dampstaining to 4 quires, some pale dampstaining on preliminaries and in final part, final leaf discolored at marginal edges from binding, some headlines shaved on approximately 15 leaves, a few tiny marginal wormtracks.) Contemporary English blind-ruled calf (rebacked, a few small repairs); quarter morocco folding case. Provenance : "ER" (contemporary initials on first blank) -- Harrison D. Horblit (bookplate) -- purchased from H.P. Kraus, New York, 18 October 1984. 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. 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); Norman 1008; Waller 4105; Wellcome III, p.219; Wing H-1083.
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