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RIOLAN, JEAN, the Younger. A Sure Guide; or, The Best and Nearest Way to Physick and Chyrurgery. 24 engraved anatomical plates. [12] (of [14]), 288 [i. e., 240], [60] pages; lacks initial leaf, blank except for longitudinal title on verso. Folio, 265x180 mm, contemporary calf, worn, recased and crudely laminated with plastic, endpapers renewed; occasional heavy browning of text leaves, opening leaves crudely rehinged, with stains in gutters, split between title and preceding leaf. London: Peter Cole, 1657
first edition in english of Riolan's 1648 Encheiridium anatomicum, an important anatomical textbook of the period though marred by his rejection of Harvey's account of the circulation, which Riolan found irreconcilable with the doctrine of humoral medicine. His critique appears on pages 107-110 of this translation, where he also sets forth an alternative explanation of the circulatory system. DSB XI, 467; Krivatsy 9670; Russell 704.
