Eustachius, Bartholomaeus

folio (378 x 242mm.), engraved illustration on title-page depicting an anatomical dissection in a lecture theatre, 47 engraved plates, modern brown morocco, a few small marginal paper repairs

W.A. Bonney, MD, given by him to the British Medical Association Library, withdrawn from their stock in 1990, stamps on flyleaf and title-page

Eimas 324; Norman 740; Wellcome II, 536

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FIRST EDITION. Eustachius (c. 1500-1574), physician to Cardinal Giulio della Rovere, was renowned for his reliance on autopsy to study anatomy rather than the works of Greek medical writers. These anatomical plates remained unpublished for 150 years until the anatomist and papal physician, Giovanni Maria Lancisi, obtained them for the sum of 600 scudi (paid by the Pope) and published them for the inauguration of the hospital library of S. Spirito (later known as the Biblioteca Lancisiana); they were regularly republished throughout the eighteenth century.