Observationum Anatomico-Chirurgicarum Centuria Accedit Catalogus Rariorum, quae in Museo Ruyschiano asservantur..

Amsterdam: H. en Weduwe T. Boom, 1691. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Observationum Anatomico-Chirurgicarum Centuria Accedit Catalogus Rariorum, quae in Museo Ruyschiano asservantur..., two parts in one. Amsterdam: H. en Weduwe T. Boom, 1691, 4to. (233 x 183 mm), [16], 138, [2] pp.; [4], 3-120 pp., first title-page printed in red and black, woodcut device on both titles, 46 engr. plates (including two folding) and some woodcuts in text, ink library stamps to titles and plates, occasional fraying to edges of some plates, contemp. vellum, spine lettered in manuscript. ---- DSB XIII, pp. 40-41; Wellcome IV, p. 597; Osler 3868; Waller 8337; Krivatsy 10071; Hirsch-H. IV, 934. - First edition. The first part containing 100 anatomicial and surgical observations by Ruysch, and the second part containing the first descriptive account of his famous anatomical museum. Displayed in several rented houses in Amsterdam, the museum was a major attraction for foreign visitors. In 1717, Ruysch sold his collection to Peter the Great for 30,000 guilders. In this text of practical observations in medicine and surgery, Ruysch presents the results of one hundred studies and illustrates many of them with excellent engravings, many of which are undoubtedly enhanced by his injection techniques (H.o.H. 613).