6098. Syntagma anatomicum 2nd edition by Vesling and Blaes 1666.

VESLING, JOHANNES - BLAES, GERARD. Syntagma anatomicum, commentario atque Appendice ex. Veterum, Recentiorum, Propriisque, Observationibus, Illustratum & auctum a Gerardo Leon. Blasio.... Editio Secunda. Amstelodami [Amsterdam], Apud Joannem Janssonium á Waesbergem & Elizeum, 1666.

4to. (215x165 mm.). (22), 558, (16) pp. Engraved title leaf, 52 engraved plates or engravings in the text (complete, 1 plate with paper loss to margin not affecting image area, 2 plates mounted onto other plates, some foxing and spotting, a small and light water stain affecting margins of 6 plates, one of the engravings ("dog posterior") is printed as an extra plate). Engraved title leaf with some spotting to lower margin.
Contemporary calf boards with modern calf spine (spine by bookbinder Johanna Röjgård) with gilt title, extremities worn. Two signatures on the inside of the boards: L'Abbé de Catelan 1680 and Thomas Fenonus Civis Mariegalensis Medicinae Studium 1790.

Johannes Vesling’s (1598–1649) textbook Syntagma anatomicum was widely used in medical education all over Europe. The first edition, without illustrations and in 8vo, appeared in Padua in 1641 (Waller 9933). The enlarged edition of 1647 is illustrated with twenty- four copperplates.
This edition is edited and enlarged by Gerard Blaes, or Blasius, (1625-1692, professor of medicine at Amsterdam), who also added his extensive commentaries. Blasius also wrote an appendix referring to all new discoveries in anatomy since the death of Vesling, i.e. Aselli’s discovery of the lacteal vessels, Pecquet’s discovery of the thoracic duct in dogs, Bartholin’s and Rudbeck’s discovery of the intestinal lymphatic system. The articles are profusely illustrated; two full-page engravings by Rudbeck, also plates from other famous works by Nathaniel Highmore, Malpighi, Ruysch, Willis, Steno and others. The appendix has twenty-eight fine anatomical full-page engravings, mostly taken from the original works referred to.

Waller 9489.