The Embryological Treatises of Hieronymus Fabricius of Aquapendente; The formation of the egg and of the chick [De Formatione Ovi et Pulli]; The Formed Fetus [De Formato Foetu]. A facsimile edition, with an introduction, a translation, and a commentary by Howard B. Adelmann.
by FABRICIUS of Aquapendente, Hieronymus
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Ithaca:: Cornell University Press, (1967)., 1967. 2 volumes. 4to. xxiii, 376; xiii, 381-883 pp. Illus., (71 page) index. Maroon cloth, glassine wrappers (as issued), maroon cloth slip-case. Near fine. A splendid facsimile edition and translation, of two works of Fabricius. The introduction includes a history of embryology before Fabricius. "Fabricius wrote at great length on embryology, inventing many theories, some of which were false. His illustrations marked a great advance on previous work. Fabricius recorded for the first time the dissection of several embryos" – Garrison-Morton 465 and 466 (citing the first Latin editions of 1621 and 1600).
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- Title
- The Embryological Treatises of Hieronymus Fabricius of Aquapendente; The formation of the egg and of the chick [De Formatione Ovi et Pulli]; The Formed Fetus [De Formato Foetu]. A facsimile edition, with an introduction, a translation, and a commentary by Howard B. Adelmann.
- Author
- FABRICIUS of Aquapendente, Hieronymus
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press, (1967).
- Place of Publication
- Ithaca:
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- Embryology
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