DE ARMILLIS VETERUM praesertim Danorum, schedion. Accessit Olai Wormii De aureo cornu ad F. Licetum responsio.
PlacePub
Hafniae (Copenhagen -Denmark)
Publisher
Printed Melch.Martzan for Georg.Holst
Date
1647
Illustrations
Woodengravings (6 incl.full page & one with folding flap).
Description
Small octavo later roan spined boards (spine with damage but holding) TP+(6) +(6p=Preface) +(2p list of author's other books -mostly medical) +128pp ownership note to TP of Justus Bertram, aside from the uniform paper browning a neat clean copy. The work is a Study of Bracelets and jewelry with the addition of the decorations on a golden horn by his brother-in-law Olaaus Worm. *Coming from a talented line of medical professors, Thomas Bartholin is credited with the first description of the thoracic duct in man, his discovery that the lymphatic system is a completely separate system, and his revision of Galen's misconception of the function of the liver, as well as being a foremost supporter of Harvey's theory of the circulation of the blood. Many considered him the greatest anatomist of his time but he also taught mathematics and held the chair of philosophy at Copenhagen. His work on historical antiquities must have been done between a busy lecture schedule, Anatomical dissections, and editing his father's Anatomy book. His interest in antiquities was probably fostered while he was living with his brother-in-law, Olaus, as a young lad after his father's death. Olaus Worm was not only professor of medicine but also the founder of the study of Nordic antiquity. It was he who contributed the chapter devoted to the decorations on the golden drinking horn. This work is the first non-scientific publication by Bartholin and is extremely scarce in this original, Copenhagen edition. The only reprint (1676) was overseen, after Bartolin's retirement and increasing illnesses, by his son. Only one copy in NUC (Cornell) & 1 in Scotland (Glasgow) none in England.
Booknumber
V68445
Price
Price: GBP 295.00 or USD 437.00
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