Lot Essay
FIRST EDITION. Wellcome II, p.197.
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BONAMY, CONSTANTIN-LOUIS (B.1812), ÉMILE BEAU AND PAUL BROCA (1824-1880).
Atlas d'anatomie descriptive du corps humain. Paris: Fortin, Masson et Cie, 1844-1866. 4 volumes, 4°. Half-titles. Hand-coloured lithographic plates, some folding, after Beau. (Scattered light spotting.) Contemporary roan-backed boards, the spines panelled in compartments in gilt and blind and lettered in gilt in 2, top edges gilt (front free endpapers removed). (4)
Atlas d'anatomie descriptive du corps humain. Paris: Fortin, Masson et Cie, 1844-1866. 4 volumes, 4°. Half-titles. Hand-coloured lithographic plates, some folding, after Beau. (Scattered light spotting.) Contemporary roan-backed boards, the spines panelled in compartments in gilt and blind and lettered in gilt in 2, top edges gilt (front free endpapers removed). (4)
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Occasional early pencilled annotations on plates.
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