De venarum ostiolis

by Girolamo Fabrici, Hieronymus Fabricius Ab Aquapendente

$85,000 · Offered by Sophia Rare Books

First edition

Padua: Lorenzo Pasquati, 1603. First edition, very rare first separate issue see below , “of the first systematic study of the structure, distribution and position of the venous valves. Although the valves of the veins had been observed previously by G.B. Canano and Amato Lusitano, Fabrici studied them anew on the basis of his own observations. Perhaps because he analyzed anatomical structures in terms of their purpose,

• Binding: Hardcover

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