MALPIGHI, Discours anatomiques sur la structure des visceres, 1683
MALPIGHI, Marcello.
Discours anatomiques sur la structure des visceres, sçavoir du foye, du cerveau, des reins, de la ratte.
Paris, Laurent d'Houry, 1683.
12mo (155x88 mm), (18)-374-(2) pages and 2 plates. binding : Contemporary full sheep, gilt spine in six compartments. Caps and corners worn. Joint splitting. Foxings.
First french edition.
French translation of Malpighi's two main works, for which he is considered the founder of histology.
- De viscerum structura exercitatio anatomica published in Latin in 1666, a work in which Malpighi describes the renal structure now known as the "Malpighian body"
- De pulmonibus observations anatomicae published in Latin in 1663, a work consisting of two letters to Borelli in which Malpighi sets out his discovery of capillary circulation.
references: Garrison-Morton [1230, ed. 1666 : "Includes (pp. 71-100) his essay, De renibus, in which he described the uriniferous tubules and the “Malpighian bodies"."], Garrison-Morton [760, ed.1663 : "Discovery of the capillary circulation. Malpighi demonstrated that the pulmonary tissues are vesicular in nature and showed that the trachea ends in bronchial filaments. His De pulmonibus includes his demonstration of the capillary anastomosis between arteries and veins. This book, which is very rare, consists of two letters to Borelli describing observations made through the microscope on the lung of a living frog. In the second letter Malpighi described small channels connecting arteries with veins, the capillaries. This was the first proof that blood circulation occurred within a closed hydraulic system."].
provenance: Old stamp of a religious institution on the title page.
Price : 1500 €
