COLLINS, Samuel. A Systeme of Anatomy, London: T. Newcomb, 1685, 2 volumes, 2°, FIRST EDITION, titles printed in red and black, engraved half title pasted onto verso of portrait as in the Norman copy, 74 engraved plates, including the extra plate between pp.934-935 found in some copies (blind-stamp on titles, lacking 4 preliminary leaves, 2 dedication leaves before p.1 and the final index leaf, one plate with glue stains), library cloth; sold not subject to return. [Norman 498: "the most elaborate English treatise on comparative anatomy of its day"; Wing C5387] (2)

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COLLINS, Samuel. A Systeme of Anatomy, London: T. Newcomb, 1685, 2 volumes, 2°, FIRST EDITION, titles printed in red and black, engraved half title pasted onto verso of portrait as in the Norman copy, 74 engraved plates, including the extra plate between pp.934-935 found in some copies (blind-stamp on titles, lacking 4 preliminary leaves, 2 dedication leaves before p.1 and the final index leaf, one plate with glue stains), library cloth; sold not subject to return. [Norman 498: "the most elaborate English treatise on comparative anatomy of its day"; Wing C5387] (2)

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Norman notes that copies vary in the number of dedication leaves. Our copy lacks the dedication leaves to James II and Queen Mary.

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