De vasis cutis et intestinorum absorbentibus

Haase, Johann Gottlob (1739-1801). De vasis cutis et intestinorum absorbentibus plexibusque lymphaticis pelvis humanae annotationes anatomicae. Folio. [10], 34pp. 4 engraved plates by M. F. L. Fischer, printed in colors and finished by hand, plus monochrome outline key to plate II; title vignette. Leipzig: J. F. Junius, 1786. Boards c. 1786, rubbed esp. at spine, corners worn. Some browning and light foxing, dampstain in corner of one plate, but very good. Ownership signature dated 1819 opposite the title.

First Edition. Haase, professor of anatomy and surgery at the University of Leipzig, was the author of over thirty works on various aspects of human anatomy, including the present treatise on the lymphatics and absorbing vessels of the skin, intestines and pelvic region. The large colored plates, drawn from a dissected female cadaver, show the lymphatic vessels of the skin and subcutaneous region; the lymphatic complex in the pelvic region; the junction of the thoracic duct with the subclavian artery; and the jejunum with lacteal and sanguiferous vessels. The title vignette, showing a group of putti with books, caduceus and medical implements, repeats in miniature two of the images on the plates. Hirsch. Blake, p. 192. Wellcome III, p. 187.