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HOPE, James (1801-1841). Principles and Illustrations of Morbid Anatomy. London: Whittaker & Co., 1834.
8o (254 x 161 mm). 48 hand-colored lithographed plates after drawings by Hope, uncut. Original black cloth, covers blind stamped, spine gilt lettered (rebacked, with original spine laid down, corners bumped). Provenance: Charles Cawdell (owners signature on front free endpaper); Edgar Goldschmid (1881-1957), historian of pathology and bibliographer (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. "The encyclopedic work... contains sections on diseases of the respiratory, gastrointestinal, urogenital, and nervous systems as well as other major organs" (Heirs of Hippocrates). Garrison-Morton 2289; Heirs of Hippocrates 1629; Wellcome III, p. 299; Norman 1104.
8o (254 x 161 mm). 48 hand-colored lithographed plates after drawings by Hope, uncut. Original black cloth, covers blind stamped, spine gilt lettered (rebacked, with original spine laid down, corners bumped). Provenance: Charles Cawdell (owners signature on front free endpaper); Edgar Goldschmid (1881-1957), historian of pathology and bibliographer (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. "The encyclopedic work... contains sections on diseases of the respiratory, gastrointestinal, urogenital, and nervous systems as well as other major organs" (Heirs of Hippocrates). Garrison-Morton 2289; Heirs of Hippocrates 1629; Wellcome III, p. 299; Norman 1104.