The Anatomical Exercises of Dr. William Harvey, De Motu Cordis 1629: De Circulatione Sanguinis 1649: The First English text of 1653 now newly edited by Geoffrey Keynes. Issued on the occasion of the tercentenary celebration of the first publication of the text of De Motu Cordus

Harvey, William

Edité par The Nonesuch Press - London, 1923

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Full morrocco leather boards with double gilt ruling on borders of front and back, hubbed spine with gilt titling. Gilt top edge. Book is tight, square, particularly sharp-cornered and free of any markings or flaws inside or out. This is the Limited Edition reprint - No. 610 out of 1,450 copies printed to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the publication of the famous work "De motu cordis." Very high quality book contains Harvey's pioneering writings on the circulation of blood, taken from the first English translation of 1653. The first publication was in Latin in 1628 and is one of the most sought after books regarding anatomy and medicine. A ground-breaking work - Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the blood changed our basic understanding of how the body works and established its author as one of the greatest physicians in the history of medicine. Beautiful fold-out plate very similar to that in "De motu," showing various veins in the forearm, engraved after a drawing by Stephen Gooden. Edited by Geoffrey Keynes. Printed and made in Holland with the types of Joan Michael Fleischman and of Christopher van Dijck. Colophon: This edition, printed by Job. Enschede en Zonen on Dutch paper, is limited to 1450 copies for sale in England and America. Sir Geoffrey Keynes (1887-1982), surgeon, literary scholar and bibliographer, was a regular editor in the early days of the Nonesuch Press. His expertise in both medicine and literature came together fortuitously in the various studies he made of Harvey, including the standard biography of 1966. The Nonesuch Press was founded in London in 1922 by Francis Meynell and others and issued over 140 titles from 1923 to the mid-sixties. This private press designed its own books but sent them out to commercial printers to obtain a wider circulation and lower prices for its readers.

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• Titre: The Anatomical Exercises of Dr. William Harvey, De Motu Cordis 1629: De Circulatione Sanguinis 1649: The First English text of 1653 now newly edited by Geoffrey Keynes. Issued on the occasion of the tercentenary celebration of the first publication of the text of De Motu Cordus
• Éditeur: The Nonesuch Press - London
• Date de parution: 1923
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: Limited Edition
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• Catalogues du vendeur:
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  • Science