Lot 163
[MEDICAL]. GRAY, Henry. Anatomy Descriptive and Surgical. L., 1858. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL CLOTH.
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[MEDICAL]. GRAY, Henry (1827-1861). Anatomy Descriptive and Surgical. London: John W. Parker, 1858.
Tall 8vo. Half-title; numerous illustrations by Henry Vandyke Carter; 2pp. publisher's ads at end. Original brown pebbled cloth, gilt-lettered spine (fore-corners bumped, a touch of wear at spine ends). Provenance: James A. Steel, bequeathed to; Medico Chirurgical Society of Aberdeen (book label).
FIRST EDITION. "The standard handbook on anatomy for the English-speaking world. More than a century after its first publication, Gray's work continues to be published in revised edition" (Norman). RARE IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDING. Eimas 1914; Garrison-Morton 418; Norman 939.
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