Description

Hardcover, folio size volume bound in genuine top-grain red cowhide with raised spine and covers, designed by Philip Grushkin, elaborately stamped in gold. All edges gilt. Additional refinements include bound in silk ribbon marker and specially commissioned marbled end-papers by Richard J. Wolfe. Includes a foreword by Wilder Penfield, a chronology of Thomas Willis and list of his writings, and two essays: “The Origins and Significance of Cerebri Anatone” by William Feindel and “A Note on Pordage’s Translation” by Lloyd Stevenson, followed by a complete facsimile of the first English edition, (1681), “The Remaining Medical Works of that Famous and Renowned Physician Dr. Thomas Willlis….”. Illustrated with 13 plates in the prefatory material and 14 in the facsimile (including the portrait frontispiece and three large fold-out plates). Special limited edition published for The Classics of Medicine Library, 1978; a facsimile of the 1681 first edition. First edition thus. A quality limited edition of Willis’ anatomical illustrations which played an important part in the history of anatomy and neurology. A founding member of the Royal Society, Willis was a pioneer in research into the anatomy of the brain, nervous system and muscles. . No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh unmarked and unread like new copy. As new.