The Anatomical Exercises of Dr. William Harvey. De Motu Cordis 1628: De Circulatione Sanguinis 1649: The first English text of 1653 now newly edited by Geoffrey Keynes.
by NONESUCH PRESS. HARVEY, William
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About This Item
1928. The Nonesuch Press. 1928. 8vo. Original niger morocco, double gilt fillet border to sides, spine lettered in gilt and with slightly raised bands, top edges gilt on the rough, others untrimmed; pp. xvi + 202, with a folding engraved plate showing the valves in the veins of the fore-arm; free-endpapers browned and a little spotted as usual, but a very good copy. No. 1063 of 1450 numbered copies, printed on Dutch hand-made paper. Issued on the occasion of the tercentenary celebration of the first publication of the text of De Motu Cordis.
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- Title
- The Anatomical Exercises of Dr. William Harvey. De Motu Cordis 1628: De Circulatione Sanguinis 1649: The first English text of 1653 now newly edited by Geoffrey Keynes.
- Author
- NONESUCH PRESS. HARVEY, William
- Book Condition
- Used
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- Hardcover
- Date Published
- 1928
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