[Rarebooks] FS: 1st Eng. ed. (from the French) of Tauvry's "New Rational Anatomy" London: 1701

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(MEDICINE) Tauvry, Daniel. A NEW RATIONAL ANATOMY, Containing an 
Explication of the Uses of the Structure of the Body of Man and Some Other Animals, 
According to the Rules of Mechanicks. Made English from the Third [French] 
Edition, Revis'd, Corrected, and Enlarg'd by the Author. Adorned with 
Sculptures. London: For D. Midwinter and Tho. Leigh. 1701. 8vo. (8),301(i.e. 
287),(9)pp. Index. Illustrated with a copper engraved frontispiece and 20 plates. 
Cont. paneled calf, rebacked. Some occasional text soiling.     $750.00 (trade 
discount allowed)
The first edition in English by the French physician Tauvry, who wrote five 
books before his death in 1701 at the age of 32. Wellcome Library, Vol. 5, 
p. 236; Blake. National Library of Medicine, p. 445. As in all copies there 
is a pagination error, without numbered pages 145-160.

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