Nov 03, 2006 - Sale 2092

Sale 2092 - Lot 184

Price Realized: $ 390
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
PINEAU, SEVERIN; et al. De integritatis & corruptionis virginum notis; graviditate & partu naturali mulierum, opusculum [with Lodovico Bonaccioli, Enneas muliebris; Felix Platter, De origine partium, earumque in utero conformatione; Pierre Gassendi, De septo cordis pervio, observatio; and Melchior Sebitz, De notis virginitatis]. 3 folding woodcut plates; 2 folding tables. 182, [2], 338 pages, including engraved additional title. 12mo, contemporary calf, cover corners worn through, rebacked; Sion College Library stamp on verso of letterpress title (released), front free endpaper lacking. Leiden: (Philippus de Croy for) Franciscus Moyaert, 1650

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Collection of gynecological and obstetrical texts. Gassendi's description of a case of persistent foramen ovale appears on pages 261-63. Pineau's work on virginity, first published in 1597, gave the first account of vestigial foramen ovale in the adult heart (see Garrison-Morton 802). Krivatsy 9011.