Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 455

GASPARE ASELLI (1581-1626) De lactibus sive lacteis venis. Apud Johanne Blaeu 1645 [4] iii-xxxv [2] pp., 4 plates. 40.8 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 453

The present edition of Aselli's classic work is included in Spiegel's Opera quae extant omnia (see No. 415). The copperplates are not printed in color but the editors commented on their use of the copperplate because they felt it superior to the wood block.

See Related Record(s): 415

Cited references: Choulant-Frank p. 241; Cushing S363; Garrison-Morton 1094 (1st ed., 1627); Osler 1846 (1st ed.); Waller 9124; Wellcome 6837 (1st ed.)

Gift of John Martin, M.D.