MORGAGNI, J.Bapt. — Epistolae anatomicae duae Novas Observationes, & Animadversiones complectentes, quibus Anatome augetur, Anatomicorum Inventorum Historia evolvitur, utraque ab erroribus vindicatur. Adjectus est Index Rerum, & Nominum accuratissimus.

Lugduni Batavorum, Apud Joannem à Kerkhem, 1728. 4to. W. nice allegorical engr. vign. ['Placato Possum Non Miser Esse Deo'] on printed title. ['Jak. Houbraken Sculp.'] Contemp. full vellum, w. red mor. sp. label, giltlett. [n2, **4, ***4, A-Z4, 2A-2P4, 2Q3]. (XVIII, 308, I (errata), I (blank) pp.). (Text in intervals [quires F and P for instance] w. foxed spots and browning, in places strong.). DSB IX, 510/2: m. (1682-1771) was professor of anatomy at Padua. He is regarded as the founder of morbid anatomy: Blake, 312: Waller 6677: BMN I, 102: H. of H. 503 (1762 ed.): "The two anatomical essays in this work constitute a detailed review of the anatomy and physiological functions of the liver.... Morgagni includes many of his own observations.': These two letters represent new contributions to the mechanical interpretation of the structure of the organism. Boerhaave edited this work. Lindeboom, Boerhaave, 552, w. a printed dedication to Frederick Ruysch. First edition.