ELEMENTA PHYSIOLOGIAE CORPORIS HUMANI [8 VOLUMES]
Lausannae: Sumptibus Francisci Grasset & Sociorum, 1757-1780. Quarto; 8 volumes; Fair/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine, brown, gold print on red and black banners, raised bands; Boards in brown leather, all volumes scuffed, rubbing, may be small stains, spine caps torn away, worn, exposed corners and edges, chipping to spines with many title banners missing, front and rear hinges torn; Text blocks have marbled edges and endpapers, cracked front and rear hinges, some age-toning to paper, binding tight on all volumes, green ribbon marker present in some volumes; Text in Latin; Vols. 1- 4 contain closing, separately paged section with title page “Excerptum ex Nova Editione et Adaptatum Veteri … Lipsiae et Francofurti, 1780”; CONTENTS: [Vol. 1.] Tomus Primus. Fibra, Vasa, Circuitus Sanguinis, Cor (Sumptibus Marci-Michael Bousquet & Sociorum, Lausannae, 1757), front cover detached, page preceding title page is missing, small portion of title page lower spine corner torn away, green ribbon marker (xii, 520, 84 pages, illustrated with 2 engraved plates) — [Vol. 2.] Tomus Secundus. Sanguis, Ejus Motus, Humorum Separatio (Sumptibus Sigismundi d’Arnay, Lausannae, 1760), (3, 497, 87 pages) — [Vol. 3.] Tomus Tertius. Respiratio, Vox (Sumptibus Francisci Grasset & Sociorum, Lausannae, 1766), page preceding title page is missing, (492, 48 pages) — [Vol. 4] Tomus Quartus. Cererum, Nervi, Musculi (Sumptibus Francisci Grasset & Sociorum, Lausannae, 1766), (x, 596, 44 pages) — [Vol. 5.] Tomus Quintus. Sensus Externi, Interni (Sumptibus Francisci Grasset & Sociorum, Lausannae, 1769), title page torn out but present (viii, 646) — [Vol. 6.] Tomus Sextus. Deglutitio, Ventriculus, Omenta, Lien, Pancreas, Hepar (Editio Secunda Aucta et Emandata, Sumptibus Societatis Typographicae, Lausannae, 1777), green ribbon marker (xvi, 638 pages, illustrated with 1 full page and 2 folded engraved plates) — [Vol. 7.] Tomus Septimus. Intestina, Chylus, Urina, Semen, Mulierbria (Editio Secunda Aucta et Emandata, Sumptibus Societatis Typographicae, Lausannae, 1778), page preceding half-title page is missing (viii, 576, 200 pages, illustrated with 1 engraved plate) — [Vol. 8.] Tomus Octavus. Fetus Hominisque Vita (Editio Secunda Aucta et Emandata, Sumptibus Societatis Typographicae, Lausannae, 1778) page preceding half-title page is missing, page 233 is present but separated from binding (xvi, 467, 276 pages).
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