1684. Browne. Myographia nova.
With 40 anatomical plates
BROWNE, John.
Myographia nova sive Musculorum omnium (in corpore humano hactenus repertorum) accuratissima descriptio, in sex praelectiones distributa.
Londini, Joannes Redmayne, 1684.
2000 €
Folio (35x22.5 cm), engraved portrait of the author, 40 full-page engravings, folding table. Complete.
binding: Modern half morocco.
Frontispiece torn and backed, some staining and soiling.
Rare first Latin edition.
The present work is notable as the first to have names of the muscles engraved directly upon the plates.