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Caspar Bartholin, was the grandson of theologian and anatomist Caspar Bartholin the Elder (1585–1629) and son of physician, mathematician, and theologian Thomas Bartholin (1616–1680). His uncle was scientist and physician Rasmus Bartholin (1625–1698). Caspar began his medical studies at the age of sixteen and three years later was appointed Professor of Philosophy at the University of Copenhagen. After a long study trip to the universities of Netherlands, France, Germany and Italy. In Rome he had access to ancient documents and produced this uncommon work on musical instruments in use in the Greek Roman civilizations. The work is dedicated to the Italian nobleman and patron Sigismondo Chigi della Rovere, IV Prince of Farnese. This is the second edition, the first was published in Rome in 1677. Very good conservation of the illustrations and of the work in general, complete book.
References: Cicognara 1574; Eitner I, 354; Wellcome II, 107; Brunet no. 29042; Bibliotheca Osleriana no. 1922; Gregory-Sonneck 24; RISM BVI, 1, 119; Elena Previdi: The "De Tibiis Veterum" of Caspar Bartholin and antiquarian organological erudition in the second half of the seventeenth century, Italian Journal of Musicology No. 52 (2017), pp. 33-62. Title: Casp. Bartholini Thom. Fil. (Caspar Bartholin son of Thomas Bartholin) - De Tibiis Veterum, et Earum Antiquo Usu Libri Tres. Publisher: J.Henr. Wetstenium, in Amsterdam (MDCLXXIX) 1679. Text in Latin.
Description: In-12° (13,7 x 8,5 cm or 5.4 by 3.4 inches). Pages [22], 415, [5] with 1 allegorical frontispiece depicting the God Pan (deity with the appearance of a satyr), and 5 plates folded outside the text, altogether 32 illustrations, many full-page, a folded plate with small marginal restoration, other minor defects but a good copy. Coeval full leather binding with gilt titles on the spine. Golden decorations on the compartments. RARE BOOK, COMPLETE WITH ALL THE 32 PLATES.
Author: Caspar Bartholin the Younger (Latinized: Caspar Bartholin Secundus; 1655-1738), was a Danish anatomist who first described the "Bartholin's gland" in the 17th century. Bartholin was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He came from an eminent family and was the grandson of theologian and anatomist Caspar Bartholin the Elder (1585–1629). Bartholin started his medical studies in 1671 at the age of 16. After a 3-year study trip to Europe he returned to Denmark in 1677, he was appointed lecturer of natural philosophy at the University of Copenhagen. The following year he gained his medical degree and was made full professor at the University of Copenhagen. He described the "Bartholin Glands" which bear his name in 1677. He was rector of the University of Copenhagen from 1687 to 1688. In 1690 he left his academic career to become a high court judge, becoming Procurator General in 1719, and Deputy of Finance in 1724. In about 1696, Danish-born French anatomist Jacob B. Winslow (1669–1760) was Bartholin's prosector. He received the Order of Dannebrog in 1729.
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