Nov 03, 2006 - Sale 2092

Sale 2092 - Lot 71

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EUSTACHI, BARTOLOMMEO. Tabulae anatomicae. Title in red and black with engraved vignette of dissection scene; 46 (of 47) engraved anatomical plates after Eustachi, and half-size plate showing graduated scale; lacks plate 28 (replaced with facsimile). [iii]-xliv, 115, [12] pages; lacks half-title. Folio, 370x224 mm, modern 1/2 russet morocco; opening leaves foxed, scale plate toned, contents otherwise generally clean. Amsterdam: apud R. & G. Wetstenios, 1722
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Second edition. The engravings of Eustachi's drawings were completed by 1552 but remained unpublished until their rediscovery in the Vatican Library in the early 18th century, when they were presented by Pope Clement XI to his physician, Giovanni Maria Lancisi, who first published them in 1714. "Although from an artistic standpoint they are not as well done as the anatomical plates of Vesalius, from the point of view of anatomy they are sometimes more accurate . . . Had the plates been published at the time they were executed, Eustachi would undoubtedly have ranked with Vesalius as a founder of modern anatomical studies"--Heirs of Hippocrates 324 (original edition). Garrison-Morton 391.