SANDIFORT, Tabulae intestini duodeni, 1780

Leyde, Eyk et Vygh, 1780.

4to (239x200 mm), (4)-50-(2) pages and 5 folding plates (2 colored).  binding : XXth century quarter cloth. Cloth dirty. Strong waterstains on paper. 

references: Heirs of Hippocrates [1046 :"Originally published in 1780, over fifty cadavers were studied before these depictions of the normal anatomy of the duodenum and its relationship to the surrounding viscera were completed. According to Choulant-Frank "this is the most valuable monograph on the duodenum, as far as its shape and its position are concerned" (p. 312). The drawings were made by Abraham Delfos (b. 1731) and the engravings were executed by Robert Muys (b. 1742)."].

Price : 750 €