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TULPUS (Nicolaus). |
| Title: |
OBSERVATIONES MEDICAE |
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Editio nova, libro quarto auctior etc. Amsterdam, Ludovic Elzevier, 1652. pp. (xvi with engraved title -faint stamp, old accession number at top margin), 403; 18 full page engraved plates plus 1 engraving in the text. Contemporary vellum. Light waterstaining on majority of leaves, mainly marginal; very occasional old manuscript; otherwise a very good copy in tight contemporary binding. |
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* Krivatsky 12008; G&M 3737; HoH 464.
Tulp (1593-1674), a professor of anatomy at Amsterdam left a rich legacy of anatomical discoveries. He was among the first to describe the ileo-caecal valve (in this work) - Tulp’s valve. He is well known as the central figure in Rembrandt’s painting – ‘Doctor Nicolaas Tulp Demonstrating the Anatomy of the Arm’. The first edition was published in 1641; this enlarged edition contains the first description of beri-beri and of what is probably diphtheria. The plate labelled as an orang outang is actually a chimpanzee. £550 |
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