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Cesalpino, Andrea.
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Quaestionum peripateticarum lib. V. Daemonum investigatio peripatetica ... secunda editio. -Quaestionum medicarum libri II. -De medicament. facultatibus lib. II. Venice: Giunta, 1593
- Paper
4 parts in one volume, 4to (205 x 150mm.), woodcut printer's device on title-page, woodcut diagrams in text, sixteenth-century calf, slight browning, title restored at corners, rebacked with original spine preserved
Provenance
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, inkstamp on title and one other leaf
Literature
Garrison & Morton 756; NLM/Durling 925; Osler 901; Wellcome I, 1182; Heirs of Hippocrates 316
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Second edition of one of the great precursors to Harvey's exposition of the circulation of the blood. The first to employ the term circulatio sanguinis, Cesalpino, like Harvey after him, based his theory of the centripetal flow of blood on an Aristotelian model; unlike Harvey, he did not support his theory with empirical evidence.