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BONET, THÉOPHILE. Sepulchretum; sive, Anatomia practica, ex cadaveribus morbo denatis. [40], 720, [2]; [2], 721-1706 pages, including half-title with engraved portrait of Bonet on verso, and vignette of dissection scene on title. 2 volumes in one. Folio, 344x214 mm, contemporary vellum boards, soiled and partly discolored, spine cracked at top, shelf number stamped in black; marginal foxing and minor stains, scattered underscoring, worming in blank margins toward end. Bookplates of the John Crerar and University of Chicago Libraries on front pastedown, perforated and release stamps on half-title/portrait; linen folding case. Geneva: Léonard Chouët, 1679
first edition. "This is the first collection of systematized pathological anatomy. It contains clinical and pathological descriptions of nearly 3,000 cases selected from the literature from the time of Hippocrates, but mainly from the 16th and 17th centuries. It is the most useful reference book for early descriptions of pathological conditions"--Garrison-Morton 2274.
