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BARTHOLIN, CASPAR, the Elder. Institutiones anatomicae. 8 engraved plates, all but one folding, and numerous text illustrations after Vesalius, Casserio, and others. [20], 408, [16], 409-96, [44] pages, including engraved title with portraits of Bartholin and famous medical authors. 8vo, 181x113 mm, contemporary vellum boards; dampstaining in upper and lower margins through most of volume, scattered marginal foxing, 8-leaf gathering (including 2 blanks) between pages 408 and 409 incorrectly folded with leaves out of order. Ownership inscription of S[tephen] E. Robinson of West Union, Iowa, dated 1890. Leiden: Franciscus Hackius, 1641
first illustrated edition of a standard anatomy textbook of the period, of which the text only was first published in 1611. Garrison-Morton 6964 (original edition); Krivatsy 736 (this edition).
