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Partial contents.--v. 1, p. xii-xvi. Joannis Zachariae Platneri Diss. de chirurgia artis medicae parente.--p. 210-222. [Joannis Mayow] Appendix de rachitide.--v. 2, p. 366-398. De gibbis, valgis, varis ... Marco Aurelio Severino.; vol. 1 only so…

2 volumes, folded plates : frontispiece (portrait) ; (4to); this volume does not include surgical tools for breast cancer removal or the "tenaculum helvetianum" (tenette helvétienne), images show the surgeon present and not-present with tools

1 print : 28 x 41 cm.
Technique:
etching, color

The pill-box probably contains remedies for venereal disease. The larger machine is for reducing a dislocated shoulder while the smaller one provides an elaborate way of drawing a cork from a bottle. The doctor polishes his spectacles beside a human…

1 print : 16 x 13 cm.
Provenance:
Purchase; 1967.
Technique:
wood engraving

1 print : etching ; platemark 21.7 x 29.6 cm

4 volumes, color plates : add. engr. t.ps. ; (folio)

Text, vols. i-ii, and plates, vols. i-ii. The later have add. engr. titles 'Trattato completo dell'anatomia, etc.'
Copy 1 Vol. 1 Note: Text, v. 1.
Copy 1 Vol. 2 Note: Text, v. 2.
Copy 1 Vol.…

1 print : 15 x 12 cm.
Provenance:
Purchase, 1965.
Technique:
color

"Holbein prepared this cartoon for a large-scale work to commemorate the grant of a royal charter to the Company of Barbers and the Guild of Surgeons on their merger in 1540. Presumably at the request of his clients, Holbein based the design on that…

Inscriptions / marks
collector's mark: Lugt 240
DescriptionBlad met vier ovale voorstellingen, elk met opschrift en datum in het Latijn: linksboven de Heilige Agatha wier borsten door een beul worden afgesneden, rechtsboven de Heilige Dorothea…