Apr 09, 2015 - Sale 2379

Sale 2379 - Lot 179

Price Realized: $ 594
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Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
BLASIUS, GERARDUS. Observationes medicae rariores, accedit monstri triplicis historia. 12 full-page engravings. [8], 120, [4]; 71, [1] pages. 2 parts in one volume. 8vo, 146x93 mm, later paste-paper boards; contents generally clean, margins trimmed entering a few images, front free endpaper lacking. Amsterdam: Abraham Wolfgang, 1677

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first edition. "Blasius drew upon his extensive clinical experience in preparing the present work on human anatomical deformities. He described a large number of case histories including congenital anomalies and deformities caused by tumors and calculi in various parts of the body. Also included with Blasius' work are three short tracts on monsters"--Heirs of Hippocrates 599. Krivatsy 1350.