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Harvey, William (1578-1657) Anatomical Exercitations, Concerning the Generation of Living Creatures.
London: Printed by James Young for Octavian Pulleyn, 1653.
First edition in English, octavo, lacking portrait frontispiece and first and last blanks, bound in period sheepskin boards, rebacked, spine lighter, title dusty, last few leaves with a gutter stain and adhering to back board, new endleaves and pastedowns, 6 3/4 x 4 1/4 in.
In his bibliography of Harvey's works Keynes notes that "many of the copies of the book lack the engraving, and may have never contained it."
Wing H-1085; Keynes 43; Thomason E.1435 (1); ESTC R13027; Krivatsy 5351; Norman 1012; Wellcome III page 220.
