Complete Anatomy of Man, by Martín Martínez, 1728.

"Anatomía completa del hombre, con todos los hallazgos, nuevas doctrinas y observaciones raras hasta el tiempo presente, y muchas advertencias necesarias para la cirugía según el methodo con que se explica en nuestro theatro de Madrid.Translation. "Anatomia completa del hombre, deals with every new discovery, new doctrines and rare observations until that present time, as well as a lot of useful warnings for surgery according to the method which is explained in our Theatre in Madrid. Madrid, Bernardo Peralta Press, 1728.This is a book of 610 pages written in Castilian at both sides, but it lacks the previous pages to the prologue and the title page, 23 full-page engravings, in good condition although somewhat scarce margins. It has a flat period binding, leather in dark brown and scarlet band to enhance the spine title ("Martinez's Anatomy"). The leaves do not show any sign of deterioration, moisture, and oxidation. Classic textbook for teaching anatomy, its author, Martin Martinez (1864-1734), Spanish physician and philosopher, was one of the forerunners. He was a doctor in the General Hospital of Madrid since 1706 and professor of anatomy; physician to Philip V, Protomedicato examiner and president of the Royal Society of Medicine of Seville. He became friends with Father Benito Jerónimo Feijoo and hypercritical and anti-Aristotelian positions adopted initially sceptical eclectic and finally, so noisy polemics against Bernardo López de Araujo and Juan Martin Lesaca. It was shown in the position of Gregorio Mayans enlightened nationalism to defend the Spanish medical tradition of sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, from Miguel Gómez Pereira to Sabuco), and the purity of the medical language he used against Gallicisms introduced by French style of fashion, nevertheless he introduced the new French events that were happening at Anatomy and SurgerySize: 21 cm high, 15 cm wide and 4.6 cm thick