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Horst, Gregor (1578-1636). DE NATURA HUMANA LIBRI DUO, QUORUM PRIOR DE CORPORIS STRUCTURA, POSTERIOR DE ANIMA TRACTAT, [ETC.]. FRANKFURT-AM-MAIN: E. KEMPFER FOR C. BERGER, 1612 4to (203 x 145mm.), [16], 510, [14]pp., p. 272 blank, p. 336 blank apart from headline, illustration: title within an engraved frame, 29 engraved plates, of which I-XXVIII are anatomical engravings (taken from Vesalius) in the text and no. XXIX is an inserted plate at p. 334 'schema tam obliquae quam directae visionis modum in sententia Iohan. Kepler... repraesentans', binding: contemporary Oxford centre-piece binding [Pearson and Ker centrepiece XVII], spine hatched, printed pastedowns (legal text), remains of green silk ties, somewhat browned, without the portrait, extremities slightly rubbed, lacking two pairs of ties