Oct 17, 2011 - Sale 2256

Sale 2256 - Lot 259

Price Realized: $ 1,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
KERCKRING, THEODOR. Spicilegium anatomicum. 9 folding engraved plates and 30 text illustrations. [24], 203, [1]; [2], 207-280 pages, including engraved additional title. 4to, contemporary vellum, top of spine damaged; marginal dampstaining throughout, moderate foxing, clean tear in first plate. Amsterdam: Andreas Frisius, 1670

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first edition of a 2-part work comprising a collection of anatomical observations, including Kerckring's description of the valves in the small intestine named for him, followed by his important study of fetal bone development. Garrison-Morton 383; Heirs of Hippocrates 632; Krivatsy 6346; Norman 1209. From the library of the noted cardiologist Paul Dudley White (1886-1973), with his signature dated 1936.