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| Author: |
Bartholinus, Thomas |
| Title: |
Thomæ Bartholini ... De unicornu observationes nouæ. Accesserunt de aureo cornu cl. V. Olai Wormii eruditorum iudicia |
| Place: |
Patavium [i.e. Padua] |
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Typis Cribellianis |
| Date: |
1645 |
| Item # : |
206189 |
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429 |
| Lot Number |
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15 |
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| Rare Books & Manuscripts: The Library of Kent Johnson (with additions) |
| Sale Date |
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05/27/2010 |
| Price realized |
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$ 1920 |
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| Description: |
| 304, [24] pp, 11 copper-engravings in the text; woodcut device on title-page; woodcut tailpiece. (8vo) 16x10 cm. (6¼x4"), period vellum, ink spine title. First Edition. |
| Very rare first edition of the work of speculative natural history. OCLC/Worldcat records only five copies in libraries. Thomas Bartholin (1616-1680), was a Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian. He is best known for his work in the discovery of the lymphatic system in humans and for his advancements of the theory of refrigeration anesthesia, being the first to describe it scientifically. Ink ownership signature on front flyleaf; bookplate. |
| Condition: |
| Some discoloration and a few stains to vellum; minor loss from erasure at top of title-page just touching the top of the B in Bartholini, repaired tears to two index leaves at rear (V10-11), very good or better. |
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