Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 439

WILLIAM HARVEY (1578-1657) Anatomical exercitations. Printed by James Young for Octavian Pulleyn 1653 [46] 566 [1] pp., port. 16.8 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 416

This is the first English edition of De generatione animalium and contains William Faithorne's original copper engraving of Harvey. According to Keynes "many copies of the book lack the engraving, and many have never contained it" (Keynes, p. 49).

Cited references: Cushing H140; Keynes 43; Osler 714; Russell 384; Waller 4126; Wellcome III, p. 220

Gift of John Martin, M.D.