''Bibliotheca Anatomica'' is a

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Daniel Le Clerc Daniel Le Clerc (February 4, 1652 – June 8, 1728; also spelled Leclerc) was a Genevan medical writer of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. He wrote the seminal ''Histoire de la Medecine'', and co-edited the equally groundbreaking text '' ...

(or Daniel LeClerc) and

Jean-Jacques Manget Jean-Jacques Manget (or Johann Jacob Mangetus) (1652–1742) was a Genevan physician and writer. He was known for his work on epidemic diseases such as bubonic plague and tuberculosis. In addition to his own researches, he assiduously compiled p ...

, two physicians from

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. The work was published in Geneva by Sumptibus J. A. Chouët and Davidis Ritter. Extending to two

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volumes and encompassing almost all significant anatomical publications across the several decades prior to its publication, including the writings of

Thomas Bartholin Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the A ...

Regnier de Graaf Regnier de Graaf (English spelling), original Dutch spelling Reinier de Graaf, or Latinized Reijnerus de Graeff (30 July 164117 August 1673), was a Dutch physician, physiologist and anatomy, anatomist who made key discoveries in reproductive bio ...

William Harvey William Harvey (1 April 1578 – 3 June 1657) was an English physician who made influential contributions to anatomy and physiology. He was the first known physician to describe completely, and in detail, pulmonary and systemic circulation ...

, Richard Lower,

Marcello Malpighi Marcello Malpighi (10 March 1628 – 30 November 1694) was an Italians, Italian biologist and physician, who is referred to as the "founder of microscopical anatomy, histology and father of physiology and embryology". Malpighi's name is borne by ...

Jan Swammerdam Jan or Johannes Swammerdam (February 12, 1637 – February 17, 1680) was a Dutch biologist and microscopist. His work on insects demonstrated that the various phases during the life of an insect—Egg (biology), egg, larva, pupa, and adult� ...

Raymond Vieussens Raymond Vieussens (ca. 1635 – 16 August 1715) was a French anatomist from Le Vigan. There is uncertainty regarding the exact year of Vieussens birth, with some sources placing it as late as 1641. He studied medicine at the University of Montpel ...

, and

Thomas Willis Thomas Willis Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (27 January 1621 – 11 November 1675) was an English physician who played an important part in the history of anatomy, neurology, and psychiatry, and was a founding member of the Royal Society. L ...

, ''Bibliotheca Anatomica'' is the most comprehensive collection of anatomical treatises produced in the 17th century.

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''Bibliotheca anatomica'' - Open Library
1685 non-fiction books 1685 in science 17th-century books in Latin Anatomy books Medical manuals * History of anatomy {{anatomy-book-stub