Subject: Anatomy--Early works to 1800

Godefridi Bidloo medicinae doctoris & chirurgi, Anatomia humani corporis
AuthorBidloo, Govard, 1649-1713Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640-1711Gunst, Pieter Stevens van, 1659?-1724?Blooteling, Abraham, 1640-1690
PlaceAmstelodami
PublisherJoannis à Someren
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageLatin
TypeDigital Book (PDF)
Series
ShelfDigital Archives
Call NumberQM21.B58 1685d
Descriptionpdf [252 frames]
NoteGodefridi Bidloo medicinae doctoris & chirurgi, Anatomia humani corporis : centum & quinque tabulis / per artificiosiss. G. de Lairesse ad vivum delineatis, demonstrata, veterum recentiorumque inventis explicata plurimisque, hactenus non detectis, illustrata.
Original text: [136] pages, [1], 105 leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations (engravings), portrait ; 55 cm (full-sheet).
Added engraved title page: Godefridi Bidloo medicinae doctoris et chirurgi Anatomia humani corporis centum et quinque tabulis illustrata.
Includes engraved portrait of Bidloo, signed "G. Lairesse pinx. A. Bloteling sculp."
Descriptive letterpress facing each plate.
Signatures: *⁶ (±*2) A-3Q¹ ; 68 leaves.
Vertical chainlines.
Woodcut title vignette, initials, and tail-pieces.

References:
Garrison-Morton (5th ed.), 385
Wellcome cat. of printed books, II, p.165
Choulant, Ludwig. History and bibliography of anatomic illustration, p.250

Local pdf from Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg.
Other online editions: Vassar College Digital Library ; Internet Archive.

Local access dig.pdf. [Bidloo-Anatomia.pdf].

Among the books on human anatomy in the Jesuit library in Beijing. See N. Golvers, "The Jesuits in China and the Circulation of Western Books in the Sciences (17th-18th Centuries): The Medical and Pharmaceutical Sections in the SJ Libraries of Peking" EASTM 34 (2011): 15-85

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