Oct 17, 2017 - Sale 2457

Sale 2457 - Lot 215

Price Realized: $ 228
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
GLISSON, FRANCIS. Anatomia hepatis. 2 folding engraved plates; 10 text illustrations. [48], 423, [18] pages, including etched additional title showing dissection scene. 12mo, 129x74 mm, contemporary calf gilt, bottom of spine chipped, front joint cracked, cords intact, cover corners worn through; occasional toning, scattered minor foxing and stains, second plate chipped along fore edge. Stamp of the French physician Joseph-Marie-Jules Parrot (1829-83) on front endpaper and title. Amsterdam: apud Joannem Janssonium à Waesberge & Elizaeum Weyerstraten, 1665

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"First accurate description of the capsule of the liver (Glisson's capsule) and its blood-supply"--Garrison-Morton 972 (1654 London original edition). Krivatsy 4820 (this edition).