Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 413

ADRIAAN VAN DE SPIEGEL (1578-1625) De formato foetu. . . . Epistolae duae anatomicae. Tractatus de arthritide. Apud J. B. de Martinis, & L. Pasquatus [1626] [8] 104 pp., 9 plates. 39.8 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 412

Spigelius' son-in-law, the physician Liberalis Crema of Padua, had bought several . . . copperplates from Casserius' grandson and when in 1626 he wished to publish a few selections from the posthumous works of his father-in-law, he chose nine appropriate plates and added them with his own explanations to these selections. . . . The plates . . . deal with the pregnant uterus, placenta, and the child. They are among Casserius' most beautiful engravings. Four of them represent entire female figures with the abdomen cut open. . . . The work was published at Crema's expense and is rare (Choulant-Frank, p. 226).

Cited references: Choulant-Frank, p. 226; Cushing S360; Waller 9119; Wellcome 6038

Gift of John Martin, M.D.