HELLWIG CHRISTOPH VON Nosce te ipsum vel Anatomicum Vivum; o

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HELLWIG, CHRISTOPH VON. Nosce te ipsum, vel Anatomicum Vivum; oder, Kurtzgefasstes doch richtig gestelltes anatomisches Werck. Title in red and black with engraved portrait vignette of Hellwig; 12 engraved plates, comprising 3 of full-length male and female figures with numerous engraved lift-up flaps showing successive layers of human anatomy, and 9 with trimmed and mounted illustrations of various organs and anatomical details. [4], 87, [8] pages. Folio, contemporary boards, worn; contents toned. Bookplate of G. N. J. Sommer, M.D. Frankfurt & Leipzig: Augustinus Crusius, [1745?]

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German-language adaptation of Johann Remmelin's Catoptrum microcosmicum, a layman's guide to human anatomy, with the plates reversed and reduced from the engravings for Remmelin's work. Choulant-Frank, page 234.