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GRAAF, Reinier de (1641–1673)
Opera omnia.
Leiden: sumpt. Io. Ant. Huguetan & Soc, 1678.
8vo: 12
* A–2A8 2B4 (blank 2B4), 208 leaves, pp. [24] 290 [2] (last 2
pages blank). Engraved title on * 1r, engraved portrait on * 12v, both
signed ‘P. Pinchard. f.’, and 18 engraved illustrations printed in the text.
25 inserted engraved plates, mostly folding.
There are a total of 41 engraved illustrations, numbered I–IX;
I–XXVII; I–III; and two unnumbered; 25 of these are on inserted
leaves, 17 integral with the text.
185 x 115mm. Worm tracks in the inner margins of the prelims; several
plates with old repairs in the folds; some soiling and waterstaining.
Binding: Contemporary calf, red and brown sprinkled edges. Old
reback; rubbed.
Provenance: Old inscription crossed through on titlepage; early
inscription on free endleaf, ‘Ex libris Medicinae Doc[tor]is Johannes
B[?]’; Walter Pagel’s signature dated 1955 on free endleaf.
Second collected edition (Wrst, Ex OYcina Hackiana, Amsterdam, 1677).
Another collected edition appeared in 1705. Wellcome III, p. 142;
Krivatsy 4906.
De Graaf’s works include his pioneer treatise on pancreatic secretions, De
succi pancreatici (1664, Garrison–Morton 974) and the works for which he
is best known, on the male and female genito­urinary systems, De virorum
organis (1668, Garrison–Morton 1210) and De mulierum organis (1672,
Garrison–Morton 1209). The last includes the classic description of the
GraaWan follicle.
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GRIMALDI, Francesco Maria (1613–1663)
Physico­mathesis de lumine, coloribus, et iride, aliisque sequenti
pagina indicatis.
Bologna: ex typographia Haeredis Victorii Benatii, 1665.
4to: a 4 (+/–a1) b 6 A–3Z 4 , 286 leaves, pp. [20] 535 [17]. Title printed in
red and black and with a large engraving of the arms of the dedicatee,
woodcut illustrations in the text. without the second titleleaf
detailing the contents found in most, but not all copies.
248 x 175mm. Minor repairs to blank areas of titlepage where an
inscription has been erased. InsigniWcant wormholes at foot of Wrst few
leaves. Some light browning to a few leaves.
Binding: Contemporary blind ruled calf. Well rebacked. Corners bumped.
Provenance: Early inscription erased from titlepage; owner’s stamp of
Prof. Dr Pedro N. Arata, Buenos Aires on title and b1.