Laurentius Heister - Compendium Anatomicum totam rem...

Full parchment binding, stiff, solid and clean. Title and author handwritten on the spine. Red and blue sprayed edges. [3] with preliminaries and front matter, XXVI, 205, 1 blank page, 190, IX plates out of text (but 8, plate V missing), [19], 1 blank page The Compendium anatomicum totam rem anatomicam brevissime complectens is a famous treatise on anatomy written by the German physician Lorenz Heister and first published in 1717. Lorenz Heister (1683–1758) is considered among the founders of modern scientific surgery in Germany. The author was the first to perform a post-mortem appendectomy and introduced the term "tracheotomy". Portrait of the author in the frontispiece. Beautiful inhabited vignette engraved on the title page. Initial capitals, headpieces and tailpieces. 8 copper plates with multiple folds (numbered up to IX, V MISSING). Light foxing, some pages slightly browned. Nevertheless, a copy in overall excellent condition.

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