A Treatise on the Heart [A Facsimile Edition of Tractatus de Corde Item de Motu & Colore Sanguinis et Chyli in Eum Tranfitu (Prefaced by an Introduction and Translation by K.J. Franklin)] by Richard Lower - 1986

The Classics of Medicine Library, 1989-01-01. Leather Bound. Like New. 1.7323 8.7008 5.9055.

The Classics of Cardiology Library, 1986. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Full leather. Leather bookplate inside front cover.

Limited printing. As New hardcover, no DJ. Full leather bound over boards with gilt designs and titles; pseudo raised bands; all edges gilt; Richard Wolfe marbled end papers; ribbon marker. Bright, clean covers and spine; tightly bound; owner bookplate on front paste down; bright, crisp, clean interior. 8vo, Ca, 383 pp (unpaged translation [120 + 14]; Latin original 220 + 12; 8 leaves of plates). This is a new, unread book.

Birmingham: Classics of Cardiology, 1986. hardcover. very good(+). Prefaced by an Introduction and Translation by K.J. Franklin. Illustrated, full gilt-decorated gray leather, a.e.g. Birmingham: Privately Printed for the Classics of Cardiology Library, 1986. Page edges foxed, still a very good(+) copy.<br/> <br/> "Lower was the first to demonstrate the scroll-like structure of the cardiac muscle. He was one of the first to transfuse blood." GM 761. Facsimile of the 1669 Latin edition with the 1932 English translation.<br/> <br/>

Birmingham, AL: Gryphon Editions. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine. Leather bound, Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. A Limited Edition. ; First Gryphon Edition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .