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A SERIES OF ANATOMICAL PLATES; WITH REFERENCES AND PHYSIOLOGICAL COMMENTS, ILLUSTRATING THE STRUCTURE OF THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE HUMAN BODY
by Quain, Jones; Wilson, W.J.E.; Pancoast, Joseph
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1842. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, [Five Parts, Bound Together]. In Good plus condition. Bound in modern quarter brown calf with cream linen boards. Boards show light staining to linen. Text block has age toning and foxing to pages throughout interiorly, damp staining to upper fore edge corner of first part, and minor chipping and wear to corners of some pages. Complete with all plates. MF consignment.
CONTENTS: Part I ([6], 92 pages, [with thirty plates]) -- Part II (103 pages, [with 50 plates]) (Plate 48 bound as volume frontispiece) -- Part III ([3], 99 pages, [with fifty plates] -- Part IV ([3], 87 pages, with thirty-eight plates) -- Part V ([1], 64 pages, [with thirty-two plates plates], 4 pages, [two plates (advertisement for another work)]. 1356568. Special Collections.
CONTENTS: Part I ([6], 92 pages, [with thirty plates]) -- Part II (103 pages, [with 50 plates]) (Plate 48 bound as volume frontispiece) -- Part III ([3], 99 pages, [with fifty plates] -- Part IV ([3], 87 pages, with thirty-eight plates) -- Part V ([1], 64 pages, [with thirty-two plates plates], 4 pages, [two plates (advertisement for another work)]. 1356568. Special Collections.
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- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1356568
- Title
- A SERIES OF ANATOMICAL PLATES; WITH REFERENCES AND PHYSIOLOGICAL COMMENTS, ILLUSTRATING THE STRUCTURE OF THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE HUMAN BODY
- Author
- Quain, Jones; Wilson, W.J.E.; Pancoast, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- Publisher
- Carey and Hart
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1842
- Keywords
- Surgery and Anatomy, Medical Illustration
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Rockville, Maryland
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