Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 685

JEAN JACQUES MANGET (1652-1742) Theatrum anatomicum. . . . Adjectae sunt . . . Barth. Eustachii Tabulae anatomicae, ab illustrissimô Joh. Maria Lancisio . . . explanatae. Sumptibus Cramer & Perachon 1716-1717 Vol. I: [18] 434 pp., front. (port.), illus., [68] plates (part fold.); Vol. II: [4] 452 [12] xvi, 34 [9] pp., illus., [68] plates. 42.2 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 683

In this compilation of contemporary anatomy, Manget systematically covers the anatomy of the human body, illustrated with 136 full-page engravings, some folded. The last portion of the second volume constitutes an authorized edition of Eustachi's Tabulae anatomicae, which had been first published only three years earlier in Rome. The plates, however, have been slightly reduced and some errors have crept in. Although nearly all bibliographies and catalogues list this work as published in 1717, a close examination of the date on the title page of Volume I of this copy shows that the printed date is MDCCXVI and an additional I has been carefully inked in to make the date appear as 1717. The title page of Volume II carries the printed date MDCCXVII. The Eustachian portion of Manget's work was also issued separately in the same year and appears in this catalogue as No. 325.

See Related Record(s): 325

Cited references: Choulant-Frank, p. 204

Gift of John Martin, M.D.