VALSALVA, Antonio Maria

De Aure Humana Tractatus In Quo Integra Auris Fabrica, Multis Novis Inventis & Iconismis Illustrata

Trajecti ad Rhenum [Utrecht]: Ex Officina Guilielmi vande Water, 1707. Small quarto, handsome 20th century binding of decorated boards, printed paper spine label, [12], 143, [13] pp, 10 folding engraved plates. Text in Latin. An important work on the anatomy of the ear, first published in 1704. Includes the first mention of the Valsalva maneuver. With ten engravings of ear anatomy at the end. Foxing to pages, bit of damp staining to a couple of plates, owner inscription to title page. Item #15641

Price: $1,500.00