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HARVEY, WILLIAM. 1578-1657.
Exercitatio anatomica de motu cordis et sanguinis. Rotterdam: Arnold Leers, 1648.

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HARVEY, WILLIAM. 1578-1657.

Exercitatio anatomica de motu cordis et sanguinis. Rotterdam: Arnold Leers, 1648.
12mo (116 x 55 mm). Extra engraved title page, 2 full-page engraved illustrations in text. Contemporary vellum, yap edges, inked titles on spine.

FOURTH EDITION of Harvey's treatise on the circulation of the blood. A major departure from the accepted understanding of blood and the heart passed down from 2nd century Greek physician Galenus, it created great controversy when first published in 1628. In this edition, Jacob DeBack adds an epigram in support of Harvey's theories. Though Harvey thought of himself as a philosopher, his careful observations thorough experimentation and thoughtful deductions secure his place in history as a pioneering scientist. Krivatsy 5332; Norman 1007. See preceding lot 1011.

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