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PARE, AMBROISE. c.1510-1590. The Works Of that Famous Chirurgeon Ambrose Parey, Translated out of Latin and compared with the French, by Th. Johnson: Together with Three Tractates Concerning the Veins, Arteries, and Nerves: Exemplified with large Anatomical Figures. Translated out of Adrianus Spigelius. London: Mary Clark, to be sold by John Clark, 1678.
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PARE, AMBROISE. c.1510-1590.
The Works Of that Famous Chirurgeon Ambrose Parey, Translated out of Latin and compared with the French, by Th. Johnson: Together with Three Tractates Concerning the Veins, Arteries, and Nerves: Exemplified with large Anatomical Figures. Translated out of Adrianus Spigelius. London: Mary Clark, to be sold by John Clark, 1678.
2 parts in one volume, folio (351 x 223 mm). Title printed in red and black, numerous woodcut illustrations in text, and 4 full page woodcuts on 3 plates. 19th-century half calf, joints starting, some light browning.
Provenance: Harold M. Tovell (bookplate).
Third English edition. Pare became one of the greatest surgeons of his century, known for re-introducing the simple ligature for the treatment of gunshot wounds, rather than the practice of cautery with boiling oil. He invented a number of surgical and dental instruments, as well as prosthetics, many of which are illustrated in this work. WITH: A copy of the 1634 edition, title and a few other leaves in facsimile. Garrison-Morton-Norman 5565; Krivatsy 8606; Wing P-351.
2 parts in one volume, folio (351 x 223 mm). Title printed in red and black, numerous woodcut illustrations in text, and 4 full page woodcuts on 3 plates. 19th-century half calf, joints starting, some light browning.
Provenance: Harold M. Tovell (bookplate).
Third English edition. Pare became one of the greatest surgeons of his century, known for re-introducing the simple ligature for the treatment of gunshot wounds, rather than the practice of cautery with boiling oil. He invented a number of surgical and dental instruments, as well as prosthetics, many of which are illustrated in this work. WITH: A copy of the 1634 edition, title and a few other leaves in facsimile. Garrison-Morton-Norman 5565; Krivatsy 8606; Wing P-351.