GREW, Nehemiah (1641-1712). Musaeum Regalis Societatis ... whereunto is subjoyned the comparative anatomy of stomachs and guts, London: W. Rawlins, 1681, 2°, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, engraved portrait (shaved), 31 engraved plates, one folding (title dampstained, tear to G1, final leaf torn), 19th-century half calf (worn, upper cover nearly detatched). [Garrison & Morton 297; LeFanu p.112; Norman 945; Nissen ZBI 1714; Wing G1952] Provenance: Robert Sonnenschein (ownership signature); JCL

细节

GREW, Nehemiah (1641-1712). Musaeum Regalis Societatis ... whereunto is subjoyned the comparative anatomy of stomachs and guts, London: W. Rawlins, 1681, 2°, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, engraved portrait (shaved), 31 engraved plates, one folding (title dampstained, tear to G1, final leaf torn), 19th-century half calf (worn, upper cover nearly detatched). [Garrison & Morton 297; LeFanu p.112; Norman 945; Nissen ZBI 1714; Wing G1952] Provenance: Robert Sonnenschein (ownership signature); JCL

拍品专文

Important for the Appendix relating to stomachs and guts. Grew was the first to use the term "comparative anatomy" on the title of a zoological work and the work represents the first comparative study of a single system of organs.