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1732 · 33240-153 — Amsterdam Janssonius van Waesberge 1732. With 27 of 28 engr. folding plates numbered II-XXVIII lacks plate 1: frontispiece illus. 16/17 and 22/23 equalling two plates woodcut end-pieces. 2 cols. 6 unn. leaves incl. title 179 10 leaves. 8vo. Contemp. calf slightly rubbed. Sm. stamp J.A. Schmid on title. Amsterdam Janssonius van Waesberge 1732. A work on anatomy for medical students by the Danzig physician J. A. Kulmus or Kulm 1689-1745 first published in Latin in 1722. Incorporated are the latest researches of Verheyen Bartholinus and others. The author's sources in what amounts to a history of anatomy are detailed in the first chapter. The remaining 28 sections are given to a detailed description and illustration of anatomy and histology. With its detailed plates this work attained a wide circulation all over Europe; there were numerous editions and translations wiht partly new plates. It was the first Western book to be translated and published in Japan 1774. A final German edition was done by Carl Gottlob Kühn in 1814.- Slightly foxed throughout. - Cf. Choulant History and bibliography of Anatomic Illustration p. 34. SCIENCE: MEDICINE ; ANATOMY ; MED ; Amsterdam, Janssonius van Waesberge unknown