Opera omnia thomas willis vol (1 Ergebnisse)

No binding. Zustand: Very Good. An unusual piece of seventeenth-century book history: the 1680 title-page of Thomas Willis's Opera Omnia, printed in red and black with Samuel de Tournes's woodcut device, preserved on a contemporary sheet surrounded by an extraordinary assemblage of decorative woodcut initials and borders with putti, animals and grotesques.Title page of the first volume of the Opera Omnia of Thomas Willis (1621-1675). Willis was an English doctor who played an important part in the history of anatomy, neurology and psychiatry.The book was published in Geneva [Coloniae Allobrocum] by Samuel de Tournes. His printer's device reads the motto: 'QUOD TIBI FIERI NON VIS ALTERI NE FECERIS.' [Do unto others as you would have done unto you.]Dated 1680.Mounted on a sheet of laid paper with decorative initials and page borders. Initials have different sizes and feature putti and fantasy animals. Woodcut and letterpress on paper, printed in black and red ink; total: 331 x 240 mm; some rubbing, overall in good condition.…