Oct 24, 2019 - Sale 2521

Sale 2521 - Lot 252

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Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
WILLIS, THOMAS. Dr. Willis's Practice of Physick; being, The Whole Works of that Renowned and Famous Physician. 36 engraved plates on 35 leaves (complete, though the general title calls for 40). [26], 152, [14], 158, [4], 96, [8], 143, [9], 218, 145-160, [8], 96, 105-234, [8]. Folio, 309x195 mm, contemporary calf, rebacked, cover corners restored, joints starting but binding still sound; general title soiled with minor restoration along edges, occasional soiling elsewhere, clean tear in 2 plates between pages 152 and 153 in The Anatomy of the Brain, verso of R1 and recto of S1 adhered in lower outer corner in first part of Pharmaceutice Rationalis, marginal dampstaining at end, outer corners of last 2 index leaves restored. London: T. Dring et al., 1684

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only complete collected edition in english, including translations of Cerebri anatome, Pathologiae cerebri, and De anima brutorum, "the first comprehensive books on the brain and nervous system to be published in Europe" (ODNB), as well as his clinical and pharmaceutical treatises. Krivatsy 13005-6; Wing W2854.