Icones Musculorum Capitis, utpote faciei, aurium, oculorum, linguae, pharyngis, ossis hyodis, colli, ut et eorum, qui capiti adnectuntur; cum expositione papillarum cutanearum icone singulari. Met een Nederduitsche verklaring over de selve.

COURCELLES, David Cornelis de

Icones Musculorum Capitis Leiden, Hendrik van Damme for the author 1743

Description

4to. With 8 engraved folding plates. Contemporary vellum, with red morocco title-label and red edges.


(4), 83, (4) pp. Blake, 18th-century printed books in the National Library of Medicine, p. 101; Dawson p. 139; Hirsch II, p. 93; Walleriana 2184; Wellcome II, p. 399.
First edition of a detailed work on the anatomy of the human head by the Dutch physician David Cornelis de Courcelles, illustrated with fascinating anatomical plates, depicting the muscular structure and bones of the head. The text is in Latin and Dutch.
With the library label of the "Hagströmer Bibliotheket" and an ownerships inscription of "C.W. König, Stholm. 3/5-37". Very good copy, with only a few minor spots.

Price

£2500.00