Borelli De motu animalium 1710 with plates

ON THE MOVEMENT ON ANIMALS. (BORELLI, G. A. De Motu Animalium. Editio novissima, Ab innumeris mendis & erroribus repurgata). I-II. Two parts in one volume. Leiden (P. vander Aa) 1710. Small 4to (195x150 mm). (12, incl. engraved dedication leaf), 236, (15); (4), 314, (11), (1 blank, 2), 3-8 (Bernouillii, Meditationes) pp.Lacking engraved frontispiece and first title leaf, second title with engraved vignette, and 19 (14 + 5) folding engraved plates (lacking 1 plate [nb 20], some spotting). Old leather binding, rebacked with red title label, partly worn, corners bumbed, some worming. Dedication leaf frayed, partly browning and soiling, about 20 pages loose.Bibl. Waller. I, 1313 - Wellcome II, 204.Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (28 January 1608 - 31 December 1679) was a Renaissance Italian physiologist, physicist, and mathematician. His major scientific achievements are focused around his investigation into biomechanics. This work originated with his studies of animals. Borelli's publications, D