Bibliotheca Anatomica Explained

Bibliotheca Anatomica
Title Orig:Bibliotheca anatomica, sive, Recens in anatomia inventorvm thesaurus locupletissimus
Author:Daniel Le Clerc
Jean-Jacques Manget
Country:Switzerland
Language:Latin
Subject:Human anatomy
Pub Date:1685 (1 ed.)
1699 (2 ed.)

Bibliotheca Anatomica is a Latin-language human anatomy text edited by Daniel Le Clerc (or Daniel LeClerc) and Jean-Jacques Manget, two physicians from Geneva. The work was published in Geneva by Sumptibus J. A. Chouët and Davidis Ritter.

Extending two folio volumes and encompassing almost all significant anatomical publications across the several decades prior to its publication, including the writings of Thomas Bartholin, Regnier de Graaf, William Harvey, Richard Lower, Marcello Malpighi, Jan Swammerdam, Raymond Vieussens, and Thomas Willis,[1] Bibliotheca Anatomica is the most comprehensive collection of anatomical treatises produced in the 17th century.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bibliotheca Anatomica. Christie's.
  2. Web site: Anatomia Animata: Animal Anatomy. Indiana University Bloomington.