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Collation: 6 vols 8vo. I: A⁴ B–2A^{8 2}A⁴, 192 leaves, pp. [8] 367 [9]; II: A² B–2A⁸ 2B², 188 leaves, pp. [4] 368 [4]; III: [A]² B–2D⁸ [2E]², 212 leaves, pp. [4] 417 [3]; IV: [A]² B–2C⁸ 2D⁶, 208 leaves, pp. [4] 407 [5]; V: [A]² B–2I⁸ 2K², 252 leaves, pp. [4] 498 [2]; VI: [A]² B–2F⁸ (–2F7,8 = [A]1,2?), 224 leaves, pp. [4] 440 [4]. Wood- or metal-cut decorations, advertisements on final unpagingated section of each volume.
Condition: 198 x 125mm. Occasional light foxing.
Binding: Contemporary sprinkled calf, corners worn, rebacked, new endleaves. Sides of vol. 2 not uniform with the other volumes, but the set does not seem to have been made up, at least not recently.
Provenance: Edwin Clarke (1919–1996).
References: Lindeboom Bibliographia Boerhaaviana 121; ESTC t68037; Wellcome II, p. 191; Blake p. 52.
Price: £450

¶ The greatest teacher of the eighteenth century, Boerhaave saw nearly 2000 students through the medical faculty during his time at Leiden, 659 from English speaking countries. This is the most important collection of his lectures, edited by another great teacher, Albrecht von Haller. The medical faculties at the universities of Vienna, Göttingen and Edinburgh were begun or reformed following the system Boerhaave instituted at Leiden.

Literature: G. A. Lindeboom is the indefatigable biographer and bibliographer of the indefatigable teacher: for numerous references see his article in DSB in addition to his bibliography of Boerhaave.