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BORELLI (GIOVANNI ALFONSO)
De motu animalium, 2 vol. in 1, Leiden, J. de Vivie, Cornelius Boutesteyn, [and others], 1685

11 November 2015, 13:00 GMT
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BORELLI (GIOVANNI ALFONSO)

De motu animalium, 2 vol. in 1, second edition, woodcut device on titles, additional engraved allegorical title, 18 folding engraved plates, with errata leaf, some browning, contemporary vellum, titled in ink on spine, light soiling [Krivatsy 1580; Wellcome 993883; cf. Garrison-Morton 762, first edition], small 4to, Leiden, J. de Vivie, Cornelius Boutesteyn, [and others], 1685

Footnotes

Borelli's On the Motion of Animals is one of the foundational works of biomechanics, the author representing the Iatro-Mathematical School "which treated all physiological happenings as rigid consequences of the laws of physics and mechanics" (Garrison-Morton), the principles of which are demonstrated in the attractive plates.

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