HARVEY, William (1578-1657). Exercitationes anatomicae, de motu cordis & sanguinis circulatione . London: R. Daniel 1660 [but 1661]. 2 parts in one volume, 12° (125 x 70mm). Engraved additional title dated 1661, 2 engraved plates. (Occasional light waterstaining, T1 with minor loss at lower corner touching a few letters.) Contemporary calf, red edges (rebacked, extremities rubbed, joints cracked). Provenance : Thomas Waterhouse (ownership and gift inscription to:) -- George Smelter -- B.E.T. Pagel (book ticket) -- unidentified blindstamp. RARE FIRST LATIN EDITION published in London simultaneously with the more common Rotterdam edition by Arnold Leers. De Motu Cordisis is widely considered to be Harvey's magnum opus and, according to Garrison & Morton, it is 'the most important book in the history of medicine. Harvey proved experimentally that in animals the blood is impelled in a circle by the beat of the heart, passing from arteries to veins through the pores (i. e., the capillaries seen by Malpighi with the microscope in 1660)'. Garrison & Morton 759; Keynes 10; Krivatsy 5335 (imperfect); Russell 359; Waller 4094; Wing H1089.
HARVEY, William (1578-1657). Exercitationes anatomicae, de motu cordis & sanguinis circulatione . London: R. Daniel 1660 [but 1661]. 2 parts in one volume, 12° (125 x 70mm). Engraved additional title dated 1661, 2 engraved plates. (Occasional light waterstaining, T1 with minor loss at lower corner touching a few letters.) Contemporary calf, red edges (rebacked, extremities rubbed, joints cracked). Provenance : Thomas Waterhouse (ownership and gift inscription to:) -- George Smelter -- B.E.T. Pagel (book ticket) -- unidentified blindstamp. RARE FIRST LATIN EDITION published in London simultaneously with the more common Rotterdam edition by Arnold Leers. De Motu Cordisis is widely considered to be Harvey's magnum opus and, according to Garrison & Morton, it is 'the most important book in the history of medicine. Harvey proved experimentally that in animals the blood is impelled in a circle by the beat of the heart, passing from arteries to veins through the pores (i. e., the capillaries seen by Malpighi with the microscope in 1660)'. Garrison & Morton 759; Keynes 10; Krivatsy 5335 (imperfect); Russell 359; Waller 4094; Wing H1089.
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