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BELL, Charles (1774-1842). The Anatomy of the Brain, explained in a Series of Engravings. London: C. Whittingham for T. Longman and others, 1802.
4o (310 x 244 mm). 12 stipple-engraved plates (11 hand-colored) by Thomas Medland, Freeman, John Stewart and William Archibald after drawings by the author. (Title repaired along inner margin.) Original half vellum, blue boards, printed label on upper cover. Provenance: J. Perigrine (ownership inscription on title).
FIRST EDITION. "In this work Bell displays both his descriptive and artistic capabilities. The twelve aquatint plates (eleven of them hand-colored) were engraved by Thomas Medland after Bell's own drawings and constitute what is probably Bell's most beautiful work on neuroanatomy and one of the most beautifully illustrated in the entire literature" (Heirs of Hippocrates 1297); Norman 168; Waller 860; Wellcome II, p. 315.
4o (310 x 244 mm). 12 stipple-engraved plates (11 hand-colored) by Thomas Medland, Freeman, John Stewart and William Archibald after drawings by the author. (Title repaired along inner margin.) Original half vellum, blue boards, printed label on upper cover. Provenance: J. Perigrine (ownership inscription on title).
FIRST EDITION. "In this work Bell displays both his descriptive and artistic capabilities. The twelve aquatint plates (eleven of them hand-colored) were engraved by Thomas Medland after Bell's own drawings and constitute what is probably Bell's most beautiful work on neuroanatomy and one of the most beautifully illustrated in the entire literature" (Heirs of Hippocrates 1297); Norman 168; Waller 860; Wellcome II, p. 315.