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[xxiv], 280 pp. Additional engraved title and divisional title with engraved vignettes by Abraham Bloteling, 39 numbered engravings including 9 folding plates and 30 illustrations in text , 11 of which are full-page illustrations. (4to) 25x20 cm (9¾x8"), early stiff paper wrappers, spine lettered in an early hand. First Edition.

First edition of Kerckring's classic "Anatomical Gleanings," providing over 100 observations on various unusual topics in illustrative anatomy. The superb engraved title by Bloteling shows a female dissector in classic dress, an unusual picturing, since very few (if any) women were allowed to participate in this profession in the 17th Century. Kerckring was the first to describe 'Kerckring's Ossicle,' an ossification in the occipital bone. A most well-preserved copy of this important early treatise on human anatomy. Garrison-Morton, 383; Heirs of Hippocrates, 632; NLM/Krivatsy, 6346; Norman, 1209; Roberts & Tomlinson, p. 300-303.