Title: Histoire Anatomique des Parties Genitales de L'Homme et de la Femme, qui Servent a la Generation Author: Graaf, [Regnier de] Place: Basel Publisher: Emanuel Jean George Konig Date: 1699 Description: [xvi], 104, [viii], 245, [3], 142, [2] pp. Second part with fly-title, third part with caption title. 41 plates, most folding. (8vo) 7¼x4½, modern full calf, morocco lettering piece, endpapers replaced. First French Edition. "Graaf, a Dutch anatomist and physiologist, was celebrated for his work on digestion as well as on the anatomy of the genital organs of both sexes. He was an early investigator of the pancreas and collected the pancreatic juice of dogs by means of artificially created pancreatic fistulae. In this work, he comments on the small quantity of juice secreted and its alkaline nature." (Heirs of Hippocrates). Bookplate of Alfred Hellman on front pastedown and title page verso. Lot Amendments Condition: Extremities rubbed; a few plates with old repairs, some irregular folds; foxing throughout; very good. Item number: 199668
Title: Histoire Anatomique des Parties Genitales de L'Homme et de la Femme, qui Servent a la Generation Author: Graaf, [Regnier de] Place: Basel Publisher: Emanuel Jean George Konig Date: 1699 Description: [xvi], 104, [viii], 245, [3], 142, [2] pp. Second part with fly-title, third part with caption title. 41 plates, most folding. (8vo) 7¼x4½, modern full calf, morocco lettering piece, endpapers replaced. First French Edition. "Graaf, a Dutch anatomist and physiologist, was celebrated for his work on digestion as well as on the anatomy of the genital organs of both sexes. He was an early investigator of the pancreas and collected the pancreatic juice of dogs by means of artificially created pancreatic fistulae. In this work, he comments on the small quantity of juice secreted and its alkaline nature." (Heirs of Hippocrates). Bookplate of Alfred Hellman on front pastedown and title page verso. Lot Amendments Condition: Extremities rubbed; a few plates with old repairs, some irregular folds; foxing throughout; very good. Item number: 199668
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