William Cowper - Myotomia Reformata: Or An Anatomical Treatise On The Muscles Of The Human Body. Illustrated With Figures After The Life.

<p>Prima edizione in-folio, notevolmente ampliata soprattutto nell'apparato iconografico rispetto alla prima, stampata in-8&deg; e con un corredo di sole 10 figure: &laquo;Although it was meant to be a second edition of the 1694 issue, the present work is an entirely new publication. Edited by Richard Mead, it has been greatly expanded and enlarged. It now contains more than sixty well-executed copperplates and a lengthy introduction concerning the muscles and their action&raquo; (<em>Heirs of Hippocrates</em> 723); <em>Choulant </em>253; <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Garrison-Morton </span>392.1: &laquo;This sumptuous folio with engravings after Rubens and Raphael and an ingenious set of historiated initials ranks among the most artistic anatomical atlases of the period&raquo;; <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Osler </span>2384; <em>Wellcome </em>III, 401.</p>