Syntagma Anatomicum.

4to. [16], 274, [14] pp. Engraved half-title depicting the anatomical theater at Padua, title vignette, 24 engravings, woodcut head & tail pieces; half-title lower corner snipped away, outer margin waterstained (pages 233-end]. Bound without the engraved portrait of the author found in a few copies. Contemporary vellum, manuscript spine title, modern endsheets. Corner of engraved half-title clipped-away. Ownership signature of title of Tend. Seilen [!] MD. [TK 078] Dutch counterfeit issue published by Janson the same year and reproducing identically the true first illustrated edition of Padua. Johann Vesling (1598-1649) was a professor of anatomy at the University of Padua. The text of this work was originally published in 1641 without illustrations. The book proved very popular in the illustrated version; thus, it was reprinted many times. "La seconda edizione del suo Syntagma Anatomicum fu uno dei testi di anatomia piu ricercati, soprattutto per le tavole (la prima edizione usci senza illustrazioni), fra le piu corrette tra quelle fino ad allora pubblicate. Merito del Vesling fu la scoperta fdel tronco comune dei vasi lattei (linfatici) di quelli del mesenterio e di quelli dello stomaco" (Barbara Gentile). / The 24 beautiful plates were engraved on copper by Giovanni Georgi (c.1625-1670), and are included in the pagination (except the last one after page 274). / "A native Westphalian, Vesling lived in Egypt for several years before becoming professor of anatomy and surgery at Padua in 1632. He was also director of the botanical gardens there and, in addition to his study of Egyptian flora, also led a scientific expedition to Crete in order to study its plant life. The present work is his most important contribution and was popular as a textbook for a number of years. Vesling aimed to explain the parts of the body as they were encountered during dissection and to avoid discussion of theoretical matters in order not to create confusion. However, he departed from his stated purpose to give a clear picture of the circulation of the blood and action of the heart based on Harvey's research. His descriptions of the lymphatics and assertion that four pulmonary veins normally empty into the heart's left auricle are of particular scientific significance. Although later editions of the book have twenty-four plates, this first edition has only two." Heirs of Hippocrates (1641 first edition). / Johann Vesling was a German anatomist and botanist from Minden, Westphalia. Vesling is best remembered for the 1641 publication of Syntagma anatomicum, publicis dissectionibus, in auditorum usum, diligenter aptatum, a popular textbook based on his anatomical dissections in Padua. In this work he provided an early discussion of the human lymphatic system, and included the earliest sketches of the lacteals in humans.[3] Vesling also performed important studies of blood circulation, and was one of the first physicians to describe the brain's circle of Willis. See: Ghosh, Sanjib Kumar (2014), "Johann Vesling (1598-1649): Seventeenth century anatomist of Padua and his Syntagma Anatomicum: Vesling and Syntagma Anatomicum." REFERENCES: Choulant-Frank, p. 243 ; NLM-Krivatsy, 12328; Osler, 4166; Waller, 9931. Marez-Oyens, "Jan Janssen as counterfeiter and pirate" in: Quaerendo vol. IX, 1979, p.351. / Regarding Vesling and his work cf. Barbara Gentile in: "Vita Brevis Ars Longa, Il sapere medico a Ravenna attraverso i libri antichi della Biblioteca Classense (1400-1700)", pp.116-117. First Edition.

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Publisher: Typis Pauli Frambotti Bibliopolae [actually Amsterdam: Janson], 1647.

Year: 1647

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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