DIEMERBROECK, ISBRAND VAN. 1609-1674.


Anatome corporis humani: plurimis novis inventis intructa.... Utrecht: Meinard a Dreunen, 1672. 2 volumes. 4to (195 x 150 mm). Additional engraved title, 13 engraved folding plates. Contemporary calf, rebacked retaining original covers and spines, spines gilt in 6 compartments, morocco spine labels. Wear and small chips to covers, 40 mm closed tear to leaf Pp4, light spotting.Provenance: Winslow Lewis, Jr. (1799-1875, ink inscription on front paste-down).FIRST EDITION of Van Diemerbroeck's most important work. The Dutch physician, best known for his case studies of plague victims, was a professor of medicine and anatomy at the University of Utrecht. This work, re-published numerous times in Latin, English and French, includes his observations on anatomy and the circulatory system. Heirs of Hippocrates 497; Krivatsy 3203; Wellcome II, p 466.