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69 2614 Medicine Paré A 69 2614 Medicine Paré A 69 2614 Medicine Paré A 69 2614 Medicine Paré A 69/2614 [Medicine]. Paré, A. De Chirurgie, ende alle de Opera. Dutch transl. C. Battus. Haarlem, H. Kranepoel for H. Laurentsz., 1627, (26),940p., woodcut printer's mark on title, large number of woodcut textills., contemp. blindst. calf over wood rebacked w. later calf, with 2 orig. brass clasps, folio. - On the whole a good/ fine copy in part of its original binding, apart from the following defects: index bound at the front and lacking its last blank; first half with mostly very small/ narrow waterstain(s) in blank margin; first 8 lvs. w. stain in upper margin (occas. affecting sm. part of the text); renewed endpapers. = BMN I, p.288; Doe, Bibliography Paré no.61. The collected works of Ambroise Paré (1510-1590), generally considered the greatest surgical work of the Renaissance. "Like Vesalius and Paracelsus he did not hesitate to thrust aside ignorance or superstition if it stood in his way (...) invented new surgical instruments, made amputation what it is today by reintroducing the ligature (...) introduced massage, artificial limbs, artificial eyes (...) In dentistry he introduced reimplation of the teeth, and his little treatise on medical jurisprudence, was the first work of consequence on this Subject" (Garrison/ Morton). Profusely illustrated, with fascinating sections on artificial limbs and monsters. All Dutch editions are very rare.