Feb 19, 2004 - Sale 1997

Sale 1997 - Lot 87

Price Realized: $ 1,840
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EUSTACHI ON THE ANATOMY OF THE TEETH EUSTACHI, BARTOLOMMEO. Opuscula anatomica . . . Accedit Leal Lealis Peri ton spermatizonton organon sive De partibus semen conficientibus in viro. 9 engraved plates, the last folding. [12], 358; [6], 98, [12]; 47 pages. 8vo, contemporary vellum with handwritten title in ink on spine, binding heavily soiled; institutional stamp on title; bookplate. Leiden: apud Johannem vander Linden P. & F., 1707
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Second edition of Eustachi's groundbreaking 1564 collection of anatomical writings on the kidneys, the ear, the venous system, and the teeth. The latter treatise was the first devoted to the anatomy of the teeth. "Basing his work on the dissection of foetuses and newborn children, Eustachi was the first to study the teeth in any considerable detail. He provided an important description of the first and second dentitions and described the hard outer tissue and soft inner structure of the teeth. He also attempted an explanation of the problem of the sensitivity of the tooth's hard structure . . . Eustachi's illustrations of the teeth were first published in his Tabulae anatomicae [see lots 122-124], edited by Giovanni Maria Lancisi"--Garrison-Morton 3668 (original edition; see also 801, 1093, 1139, 1228, 1538). DSB IV, 486-88; Hoffmann-Axthelm, pages 141-42. This edition also reprints the 1686 work by Leale Lealis on the testicles.