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Bleuland, Jan (1756-1838) Icones Anatomico-Physiologicae.
Utrecht: Ex Officina Joh. Altheer, Academiae Typographi, 1826-[circa 1830].
Five large quarto parts in original paper wrappers, illustrated by Jan Hendrik Verheijen (1778-1846) with hand-colored full-page anatomical illustrations: 6 accompanying the first fascicle, and an additional 24 accompanying a set of four parts after his drawings engraved by Johannes Cornelis de Bruyn (1802-1844); each section with its original printed blue paper wrappers, deckle edges on all leaves throughout, nicely preserved; never bound, text leaves unopened; 12 x 9 in.
Rare at auction.
Gouda-born physician and anatomist, Bleuland is also remembered for his somewhat grisly collection of anatomical preparations of medical samples. A collector himself, he regularly purchased the work of Frederik Ruysch (1638-1731), an accomplished Dutch physician in the same discipline from an earlier generation. Verheijen illustrated the catalogue of this collection which was purchased by King William I of Holland in 1815. It continues to serve as the anatomical museum for the University of Utrecht.
