PEIRSON, A.L. Address to the community on the Necessity of Legalizing the Study of Anatomy. Boston: Perkins & Marvin, 1829. 8o (208 x 127 mm). (A few minor stains on title-page.) Modern quarter cloth. Provenance: W. Parker (signature and inscription: "Written by Pierson [sic] of Salem, Mass. 1829" [slightly cropped] on title-page). FIRST EDITION of this very rare petition to the legislature to modify the existing laws which prohibited the procuring of subjects for anatomical dissection.

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PEIRSON, A.L. Address to the community on the Necessity of Legalizing the Study of Anatomy. Boston: Perkins & Marvin, 1829. 8o (208 x 127 mm). (A few minor stains on title-page.) Modern quarter cloth. Provenance: W. Parker (signature and inscription: "Written by Pierson [sic] of Salem, Mass. 1829" [slightly cropped] on title-page). FIRST EDITION of this very rare petition to the legislature to modify the existing laws which prohibited the procuring of subjects for anatomical dissection.