Medicine.- Glisson (Francis) Tractatus de ventriculo et intestinis, first edition, title in red and black, engraved frontispiece portrait and 3 engraved plates, plates water-stained, some spotting or mostly light foxing, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, corners worn, repair to lower cover, rubbed and and scuffed, [Wing G859; Garrison and Morton 579; Krivatsy 4828; Waller 3586; Heirs of Hippocrates 475] small 4to, E.F. for Henry Brome, 1677.

⁂ 'This important work on the stomach and intestines contains Glisson's original concept of 'irritability' not only as the prime cause of muscular contraction but as a property of all human tissues'. (Heirs of Hippocrates).

Provenance: 'Liber T. Harbech', probably the seventeenth century physician Dr. Thomas Harbech (inscription to head of title); 'This book belongs to the Library in the Charity School Chamber in Nottingham given by Dr. William Standfast' The Reverend William Standfast (1683-1754) was the rector of the village of Clifton, a few miles from Nottingham. The library he founded was notable for the inclusion of a large number of scientific and medical books (ink inscription to verso of title).