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PARÉ, AMBROISE. The Workes of that famous Chirurgion Ambrose Parey . . . Whereunto are added Three Tractates out of Adrianus Spigelius of the Veines, Arteries, and Nerves. 323 woodcut illustrations of anatomical subjects, surgical instruments and procedures, monsters and freaks of nature, etc., including 4 full-page depictions of the human circulatory and nervous systems. [22], 388, 773 [i. e., 787], [9]; [4], 50, [1] pages, including engraved additional title. Folio, contemporary calf, rebacked with morocco in the 19th century, spine ends damaged, covers detached; occasional browning, some light dampstaining in upper margins, insignificant worming toward end not affecting text, scattered marginal clean tears, the full-page woodcuts slightly cropped or frayed. Bookplate of G. N. J. Sommer, M.D. London: Richard Cotes and William Du-Gard for John Clarke, 1649
Second edition in English, including as an appendix the first edition in English of the work by Spigelius. Doe 52; Krivatsy 8606; Russell 647, 776; Wing P349.
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