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(SERVETUS, MICHAEL.) Wotton, William. Reflections upon Antient and Modern Learning... Second Edition, with Large Additions. With a Dissertation upon

(SERVETUS, MICHAEL.) Wotton, William. Reflections upon Antient and Modern Learning... Second Edition, with Large Additions. With a Dissertation upon the Epistles of Phalaris [et al.] by Dr. [Richard] Bentley. [8], xxxvii, [3], 421, [3]; 152 pages, including blank 2E4. 8vo, contemporary panelled calf, front joint cracked; last few gatherings browned. London: J. Leake for Peter Buck, 1697

  • Notes: Originally published in 1694, Wotton's book first drew attention to Servetus's account of the pulmonary circulation. Bartholomew 94; Fulton & Stanton, pages 42 and 84-85; Osler 5602; Wing W3659; Printing and the Mind of Man 178 (for Bentley's groundbreaking revaluation of the Phalaris letters, which first appears in this edition).

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