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BOURGERY, JEAN-BAPTISTE-MARC. Descriptive or Physiological Anatomy . . . Volume the First. 1832 [i. e., 1833] + Atlas. 1833

BOURGERY, JEAN-BAPTISTE-MARC. Descriptive or Physiological Anatomy . . . Volume the First. [4], iv, xxvi, 170, [1] pages, including additional title ("The Whole Anatomy of the Human Body . . . including a System of Operative Surgery") dated 1833, and errata leaf at end. bound after:/span Atlas of the Complete Treatise of Human Anatomy comprising Operative Medicine . . . Volume the First. Lithographed allegorical frontispiece and 59 plates after Nicolas-Henri Jacob, some sparingly hand-colored. [63] leaves, including lithographed title. Together, 2 volumes in one. Folio, 413x315 mm, contemporary 1/2 sheep, rebacked retaining original backstrip, endpapers renewed; text volume contents toned, varying toning, offsetting, foxing, and stains on plates, occasionally severe, plate 2 loose, trimmed without image loss, modern owner's bookplate on front pastedown and rubberstamp on first text leaf in atlas. Paris: C.-A. Delaunay, 1832 [i. e., 1833]; 1833

  • Notes: first edition in english of the first text volume and accompanying atlas, on osteology and syndesmology, of Bourgery's 1831-71 Traité Complet de l'Anatomie de l'Homme. Heirs of Hippocrates 1569 (original edition, "one of the most beautifully illustrated anatomical and surgical treatises ever published in any language").

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