LE CLERC, DANIEL. 1652-1728; and JEAN JACQUES MANGET. 1652-1742.


Bibliotheca anatomica; sive, recens in anatomia inventorum thesaurus locupletissimus.... Geneva: Jean-Antoine Chouet, 1685. 2 volumes. Folio (355 x 207 mm). Engraved title vignettes, engraved frontispiece in Volume I, 87 engraved plates. Contemporary calf, morocco gilt title labels. FIRST EDITION. This massive compendium of seventeenth century anatomy includes the works of Harvey, Lower, Malpighi, Swammerdam, Vieussens, and Willis, among others. The text is complemented by the numerous engraved plates. Their contribution to the literature of William Harvey is especially significant. Geoffrey Keynes explains that this is the first publication of Harvey's collected works, preceding the Leiden edition of 1737 and the London edition of 1766. Moreover, he writes, "This compilation includes almost all the most important anatomical texts of the century" (Keynes, Harvey Bibliography (3rd ed.) p 101). Cushing L 111; Krivatsy 6758; Osler 3192; Russell 388; Wellcome III, p 470.