BLASIUS (Gérard). Anatome animalium terrestrium variorum, volatilium, aquatilium, serpentum, insectorum, ovorumque, structuram naturalem ex Veterum, recentiorum, propiisque observationibus proponens, Figuris variis illustrata. Amsterdam, widow J. van Someren..., 1681. In-4, brown calf, spine decorated (Binding of the period). Engraved frontispiece by Jan Luyken, 3 ff., 496 pp. First edition of this treatise on comparative anatomy, the first of its kind. Gérard Blasius (or Blaes) (1625-1692), a Dutch physician and anatomist, compares older and more recent writings on this subject. The section on dog anatomy is particularly important (pp. 21 to 41). 5 engraved plates hors-texte and 60 engraved full-page plates with text on verso. Light spotting to the corner of the last quire, heavier on the last leaf, the upper margin of which has been doubled on the verso. Garrison Morton 296 - Krivatsy 1339 - Wellcome II p. 179.