Lot 258

Thomas Bartholin - De Nivis Copenagen 1661

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Thomas Bartholini de Nivis Usu Medico...Hafniae,[Copenhagen] Typis Matthiae Godicchii...Bound with a work by his brother: Erasmi Bartholini D. & P.P. de Figura Nivis Dissertatio. (1661) Contains one plate with what appear to be snowflakes. Also bound with: Catalogus Operum Thomae Bartholini...1661. 240pp, 42 pp, 16pp. Small 8 vo. All First Editions. Old 1/2 leather with marbled paper covers. Spine label in ms. Lacks front free endpaper. Main title printed in black and red. Cover with expected wear, but quite solid. Bartholin was the first to fully describe the complete human lymphatic system. This first printing contains the first known mention of refrigeration of anesthesia.

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