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BORELLI, GIOVANNI ALFONSO. De motu animalium. 18 folding engraved plates. [12], 376, [12]; [4], 520 pages. 2 volumes in one. 4to, contemporary Dutch vellum with blind-stamped arabesque centerpiece on covers, spine darkened; scattered foxing and pencil marginalia in text, light dampstain on a few plates, some plates trimmed quite close touching or slightly entering image, small piece torn from blank portion of plate 17. Rome: Angelo Bernabò, 1680-81
first edition "Borelli originated the neurogenic theory of the heart's action and first suggested that the circulation resembled a simple hydraulic system. He was the first to insist that the heart beat was a simple muscular contraction"--Garrison-Morton 762. DSB II, 52; Norman 270.
