MONTANUS, Johannes Baptista. Joannes Baptistae Morgagni Oper - Lot 295

MONTANUS, Johannes Baptista. Joannes Baptistae Morgagni Opera Omnia (Tome II - Tome V - Anatomical Observations). One volume in folio format. Full marbled brown calf. Spine adorned with gilt caissons and fleurons. Red edges. Title page on modern red leather, half detached. Some rubbing to spine. Edges rubbed. A rare copy, in Latin, of the complete works of Renaissance physician and humanist Johannes Baptista Montanus (1489-1551). It comprises three of the five volumes of the reference edition of these Opera Omnia, including the Ensemble des Observations Anatomiques (Opera Omnia In Unum Corpus Collecta, 1765; Brunet, III, 1902). Only the title "De sedibus et causis morborum per anatomen indagatis" appearing in this edition is not contained in this corpus. The following titles make up the present volume: - Adversaria Anatomica Omnia... (set of anatomical observations). Venice, Remondini, 1762, six parts, XVI+244 pages, 11 copper-engraved anatomical plates. One of the plates in the first part is detached. - Opera Omnia in quinque tomos divisa. Tomi Secundi. Epistolas Anatomicas [...] quae ad scripta petinent celeberrimi viri Antonii Mariae Valsalvae (Anatomical letters by Jean-Baptiste Morgagni, referring to the writings of the famous Antoine-Marie Valsalva). S.l. (Venice), Remondini, 1765, two parts, 96+427 pages, containing the 20 letters discussing anatomy. - Opera Omnia in quinque tomos divisa. Tomus Quintus, continens Opuscula Miscellanea quarum non pauca nunc primum prodeunt, tres in partes divisa. S.l. (Venice), Remondini, 1765, three parts, 120+75+84 pages. A fresh, well-preserved copy.