LE BAILLIF DE LA RIVIÈRE, Roch

First treatise on man, and his essential anatomy Paris, Abel l'Angelier, 1580 A RARE AND CURIOUS LITTLE TREATISE BY ROCH LE BAILLIF DE LA RIVIÈRE, A NORMAN PHYSICIAN AND ALCHEMIST ORIGINAL EDITION In-8 (148 x 98 mm). Woodcut headbands and initials COLLATION : A-N4 ã-ẽ4 (B1 unsigned, B3 badly signed B2) : 52-(8) ff. (A2r-N4r folioed 2-62, with numerous errors in foliation) CONTENTS : A1r : title, A1v : privilege, A2r : epistle, B2v : poems, C1r : text, ã1r : table, ?4r : errata ANNOTATION : some old reading marks in brown ink on some leaves and on the foliation 18th century binding. blond calf, gilt decoration, triple fillet in frame, long spine with vertical titling, gilt edges PROVENANCE: old illegible handwritten signature, cut by the binder's knife, on the title page -- Dr. Maurice Villaret, neurologist (1877-1946; large macabre bookplate with the motto "Morte vita") RARE: no copy has been sold publicly for about fifty years Title leaf formerly foxed, small marginal wormhole. Minimal wear to the binding BIBLIOGRAPHY: USTC 24536 -- Brunet, III, col. 897