The anatomical exercises of Dr. William Harvey : De motu cordis 1628: De circulatione sanguinis 1649: / The first English text of 1653 now newly edited by Geoffrey Keynes
William Harvey (1578-1657)
Category
Books
Date
1928
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3085490
Summary
Bibliographic description
xvi, 202, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates (folded) : ill. ; 8vo. Copy no. 175. Some leaves uncut. Additional prelim. leaf bound in before title page, with text: 'This is No. 939 of the Cosway Bindings invented by J.H. Stonehouse, with Miniatures on Ivory by Miss Currie. Signed J.H. Stonehouse Inventor. C.B. Currie Artist.' [The signatures and number "939" are in ink.] Pencil number on rear free endpaper: "5809". Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (small variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Bookseller's ink-stamp on front free endpaper verso: 'Henry Sotheran, Ltd. 43, Piccadilly.'. Binding: Twentieth-century Cosway binding: full brown morocco; miniature of William Harvey (by Currie) on ivory inset to upper board with elaborate gilt tooled border; quadruple gilt fillet to form an outer border on boards with gilt-stamped decorative cornerpieces; spine gilt, lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'De motu cordis' and 'Harvey'; sewn onto five raised cords; double gilt fillet on board edges; fore edges of boards gilt-stamped: 'Cosway binding.' and 'Invented by J.H. Stonehouse.'; gilt fillets turn-ins with small outline hearts gilt-stamped in corners; gilt textblock edges; dark brown watered silk endleaves. Binder's gilt stamp on front turn-in: 'Bound by Riviere & Son. London.'. Gilt stamp on rear pastedown: 'Miniatures by C. B. Currie'. In brown cloth-covered slip-case.
Makers and roles
William Harvey (1578-1657), author Sir Geoffrey Langdon Keynes (1887-1982), editor