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TuLP, Nicolaas (1593–1674)
Observationum medicarum libri tres.
Amsterdam: apud Ludovicum Elzevirium, 1641.
8vo: 8
* (–* 8, blank) A–R8 , S4 , 147 of 148 leaves, pp. [14] 279 [1] (last
page blank). Prelims bound out of order. Woodcut device on title,
woodcut initial on * 2; 15 engraved illustrations printed in the text,
numbered Tab. I–XIIII and 1 un­numbered.
152 x 95mm. Titlepage soiled; waterstains, mostly marginal.
Binding: Contemporary vellum boards, recovered in the eighteenthcentury
with a calf spine, gilt, and pastepaper sides. Endleaves removed.
Provenance: 5 word early annotation on p. 207; 9 line poem on Tulp
written in an eighteenth­century hand on a blank preliminary page.
First edition, in three books. An enlarged edition, with a fourth book,
was published in 1652 and 1672. Willems 980; Krivatsy 12007; Waller
9715; Norman Library 2114.
Tulp’s main work, containing descriptions of 228 cases. These contain some
valuable observations, including the ileocecal valve, ‘Tulp’s valve’; the chyle
vessels of the small intestine; and the Wrst description of beriberi. The book
also contains the Wrst description of the chimpanzee, which Tulp calls an
ourangoutang.
In the well known Rembrandt painting, ‘The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp’
(Mauritshuis, The Hague), Tulp is shown giving a demonstration with an
opened body. The painting was commissioned by the Surgeon’s Guild of
Amsterdam in 1632. Tulp had the personal title of professor anatomiae and
was charged with teaching the surgeons of Amsterdam, giving lectures and
public dissections.
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VESALIuS, Andreas (1514–1564)
Epitome anatomica. Opus redivivum, cui accessere, notae ac
commentaria P. Paaw.
Leiden: ex oYcina Justi à Colster [colophon] ex oYcina typographica Ulrici
Corn: Honthorstii, 1616.
4to: * 4 A–2E 4 , 2F 2 , 118 leaves, pp. [10] 226 [2] (last page blank).
Engraved device on title, woodcut initials and tailpieces. 12 engraved
illustrations printed in the text. lacking the folding plate. With
an additional preliminary leaf taken from another work bound after
* 4.
194 x 149mm. engravings on pp, 17 and 206 just shaved; corners of
2C3 and 2C4 torn away and paper restored with loss of a few letters
and a small portion of the engraving on p. 206; light browning and
foxing.