TULPII, NICOLAI.

Amstelredamensis Observationes Medicae

Amsterdam, Danielem Elsevirium, 1672.

8vo. In a full calf binding with five raised bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. With repairs to hindges and and capitals. Previous owner's name to title-page and notes in to front free end-paper. Occassional light brownspotting throughout, otherwise a fine copy. (16), 392 pp. + frontiespiece depicting the Author and 20 engravings in the text 19 of them being full page. Withbound in the back are 100 blank leaves, presumably ment for personal notes. 

Later edition of Tulp’s important work containing one of the earliest accounts of beri-beri or Thiamine deficiency. “Tulp, notable as the demonstrator in Rembrandts' "Anatomy Lesson," was among the first, in the same book, to describe the ileo-caecal valve ("Tulp's valve").” (Garrison & Morton 3737)

Order-nr.: 60146