Lot no. 8
ALBINUS (Bernhard Siegfied). Historia musculorum hominis. Leyden, Tn. Haak and H. Mulhovius, 1734. In-4, half vellum, entirely untrimmed 696 pp - 8 engraved plates hors-texte (included in pagination)
First edition. Important treatise on human muscles by the German anatomist B. S. Albinus (Frankfurt Oder 1697-Leyde 1770), who taught anatomy at the University of Leiden and was twice rector of that university.
A copy with full margins. The paper of the boards is faded with wear at the corners.
Wellcome II p.26 - Blake p.9 - Garrison Morton p. 336 - Norman 28.
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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