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HOME, Sir Everard (1756-1832). Lectures on Comparative Anatomy... London: W. Bulmer for G. and W. Nicol (volumes I-II); Longman, Hurst, Reese, Orme, and Brown (vols. II-IV); Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green (vols. V-VI), 1814-1828.
6 volumes, including supplement, 4o (294 x 230 mm). Vols. I, III, and VI with half-titles (some occasional foxing in text, title page of vol. I repaired at lower margin, library stamps on title-pages). Engraved portrait frontispiece and 371 plates (some occasional offsetting and staining, library stamps on versos of plates). Contemporary boards, paper spine label, uncut, some leaves unopened (rebacked with cloth, corners bumped). Provenance: Joseph Jones, M.D. (bookplates and signature on free endpapers); Library of the Medical Society County of Kings (bookplates and library stamps).
FIRST EDITION of Home's lectures, which were thought to be plagarized from the manuscripts of his brother-in-law, John Hunter. Garrison-Morton 315; Norman 1091; Wellcome III, pp.294-5. (6)
6 volumes, including supplement, 4o (294 x 230 mm). Vols. I, III, and VI with half-titles (some occasional foxing in text, title page of vol. I repaired at lower margin, library stamps on title-pages). Engraved portrait frontispiece and 371 plates (some occasional offsetting and staining, library stamps on versos of plates). Contemporary boards, paper spine label, uncut, some leaves unopened (rebacked with cloth, corners bumped). Provenance: Joseph Jones, M.D. (bookplates and signature on free endpapers); Library of the Medical Society County of Kings (bookplates and library stamps).
FIRST EDITION of Home's lectures, which were thought to be plagarized from the manuscripts of his brother-in-law, John Hunter. Garrison-Morton 315; Norman 1091; Wellcome III, pp.294-5. (6)