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CROOKE, HELKIAH. Mikrokosmografia. A Description of the Body of Man. Together with the Controversies and Figures thereto belonging. Numerous woodcut anatomical illustrations. [28], 766 pages, including engraved title. Folio, modern panelled calf in period style with morocco lettering piece; contents toned, minor paper corrosion along edges of opening leaves, gathering O possibly supplied from another copy. London: R. C. for John Clarke, 1651
Third edition of a work first published in 1615, "one of the last English anatomies based on continental sources to appear before the emergence of a truly English anatomical school. It was also the largest and most comprehensive English anatomy up to its day" (Heirs of Hippocrates). The descriptive text is largely translated from the Theatrum anatomicum of Bauhin and Historica anatomica of Du Laurens, with commentary on disputed topics provided by Crooke; the illustrations are indirectly derived from Vesalius. Heirs of Hippocrates 405 (original edition); Russell 224; Wing C7230 (this edition).
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