WINSLOW, Jacques-Bénigne. Anatomical exposition of the struc - Lot 397

WINSLOW, Jacques-Bénigne. Anatomical exposition of the structure of the human body. Published in Paris by Emmanuel Tourneisen in 1754. In 4 volumes of In octavo / In-8 format (165 x 95 mm). Fawn basane, cold-engraved ribbed spine, brown leather title-pieces, small gilt-edged caissons, cold-engraved fillet on the boards, gilt roulette on the edges, red edges. LXXXVIII, 340 pages ; 432 pages ; 411 pages ; 2 ff.n.ch., 404 pages, 9 folding plates of Eustachius. Bindings globally rubbed, headbands faded, volumes I and II flooded, some foxing, some plates repaired with scotch tape. New edition, the first having appeared in 1732, of this famous anatomical treatise by the Franco-Danish physician Jacques-Bénigne Winslow. This edition is enlarged by five plates, bringing the total to nine, with comments by German physician and anatomist Bernhard Siegfried Albinus. A handwritten page and a half has been added at the end of the third volume, giving the function and name of nine nerves in the human body. Numerous crossed-out or illegible handwritten bookplates and paper (Auguste Lestourgie). Garrison-Morton 1314. Interesting, finely illustrated set.