HORNE (HORNIUS) JOHANNES van.

Mikpotexnh (Micro-Techne). Seu Methodica ad Chirurgiam Introductio. Editio Altera.

Lugd. Batav. (Leiden), Apud Gaasbekios, 1668.

12mo. Contemp. full vellum. Weak handwritten title on spine. Engraved frontisp, showing a chirurgical scene and with the title Methodica ad Chirurgiam Introductio. (7),(12 "Prodromus"),264,(12) pp. Internally clean and fine.

Scarce second edition of Van Horne's famous "Introductio". Van Horne was a respected anatomist and appouinted professor of anatomy in Leiden. With the assistance of Swammerdam he investigated the ovaries and published his observations in "Prodomus" (which is present in the item offered). These observations played some role in the priority dispute between Regnier de Graff and Swammerdam. His Introductio (Microcoasmus) was much in demand and was translated into Dutch, German and French (offered here under the title "Mikpotexnh". - Waller: 4912.- Wellcome III, p. 301 a.

Order-nr.: 43405