Item #001963 Spicilegium anatomicum, continens observationum anatomicarum rariorum centuriam unam: nec non osteogeniam foetuum. / Anthropogeniae ichnographia sive conformatio foetus ab ovo usque ad ossificationis principia, in supplementum osteogeniae foetuum. Theodor KERCKRING.
Spicilegium anatomicum, continens observationum anatomicarum rariorum centuriam unam: nec non osteogeniam foetuum. / Anthropogeniae ichnographia sive conformatio foetus ab ovo usque ad ossificationis principia, in supplementum osteogeniae foetuum
Spicilegium anatomicum, continens observationum anatomicarum rariorum centuriam unam: nec non osteogeniam foetuum. / Anthropogeniae ichnographia sive conformatio foetus ab ovo usque ad ossificationis principia, in supplementum osteogeniae foetuum
Spicilegium anatomicum, continens observationum anatomicarum rariorum centuriam unam: nec non osteogeniam foetuum. / Anthropogeniae ichnographia sive conformatio foetus ab ovo usque ad ossificationis principia, in supplementum osteogeniae foetuum
Spicilegium anatomicum, continens observationum anatomicarum rariorum centuriam unam: nec non osteogeniam foetuum. / Anthropogeniae ichnographia sive conformatio foetus ab ovo usque ad ossificationis principia, in supplementum osteogeniae foetuum
Spicilegium anatomicum, continens observationum anatomicarum rariorum centuriam unam: nec non osteogeniam foetuum. / Anthropogeniae ichnographia sive conformatio foetus ab ovo usque ad ossificationis principia, in supplementum osteogeniae foetuum
Spicilegium anatomicum, continens observationum anatomicarum rariorum centuriam unam: nec non osteogeniam foetuum. / Anthropogeniae ichnographia sive conformatio foetus ab ovo usque ad ossificationis principia, in supplementum osteogeniae foetuum

Important investigations into fetal development

Spicilegium anatomicum, continens observationum anatomicarum rariorum centuriam unam: nec non osteogeniam foetuum. / Anthropogeniae ichnographia sive conformatio foetus ab ovo usque ad ossificationis principia, in supplementum osteogeniae foetuum.

Amsterdam: Andreas Frisius, 1670.

1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Item #001963

Spicilegium anatomicum, continens observationum anatomicarum rariorum centuriam unam: nec non osteogeniam foetuum. Amsterdam: Andreas Frisius, 1670. 2 parts, [24], 280 pp., engraved additional pictorial title at beginning , separate divisional title to "osteogenia" on Cc1r, both title pages with vignettes by Bloteling, 9 folding engraved plates and 30 illustrations in text, 13 full-page. [IDEM]. Anthropogeniae ichnographia sive conformatio foetus ab ovo usque ad ossificationis principia, in supplementum osteogeniae foetuum. Amsterdam: Andreas Frisius, 1671. [8], 14, [2] pp., engraved title-vignette by Bloteling and full-page illustration in text, with the final blank. 2 works bound in one volume. 4to (216x180 mm). Contemporary vellum (soiled, bowed). Mild browning and occasional minor spotting throughout, light dampstain to top gutter of the last third of the text, first title page somewhat frayed at top margin, tear in fold of 1st plate, closed tear to plates xxx and xxxix without loss. Provenance: A. B. Winkler, Paiewesky (names inscribed on first title page). ----

I. Norman 1209; Garrison-M 383; Heirs of Hippocrates 632; Waller 5270; Wellcome III p.386; NLM/Krivatsy 6346. - FIRST EDITION of Kerckring's investigations into fetal development. Kerckring's most important and far-reaching contribution, presented in part two of the Spicilegium anatomicum, was his discovery that the fetal skeleton develops through the transformation of membrane and cartilage into bone. He 'was the first to describe 'Kerckring's ossicle,' an occasional center of ossification in the occipital bone' (Norman); his name is also preserved in the valvulae conniventes, or valves of Kerckring, a part of the small intestine, previously described by Falloppio, and studied in part I of the Spicilegium. -
II. Norman 1210; Waller 5268; Wellcome III p.387; NLM/Krivatsy 6345. - FIRST EDITION and a continuation of his study of fetal osteology; in it Kerckring sets forth his mistaken theory that the younger fetal skeleton is a mere miniature of the older fetus, backing his claim with reported "observations" of unprecedentedly early specimens, but it is clear from his illustrations that he was mistaken about their age and structure. He was correct, however, in stating that the ovaries of both oviparous and viviparous contain ova. (Norman 1210).

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