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INNES, John (1739-1777). Eight Anatomical Tables of the Human Body; containing the Principal Parts of the Skeletons and Muscles represented in large Tables of Albinus, to which are added concise explanations. Edinburgh: C.Elliot, 1776.
4o (199 x 149 mm). 8 engraved plates by Thomas Donaldson and a duplicate suite of plates printed before letters bound in at end. (marginal worming at beginning, short tear to F1 affecting text). Contemporary calf backed boards (upper cover detached, some rubbing). Provenance: John Aitken (presentation inscription by the author on front paste-down).
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Innes on front pastedown: "For Mr. John Aitken Surgeon from his humble Servt. John Innes." Innes had no formal medical education, but as apprentice to Alexander Monro in Edinburgh, became a skilled dissector, acquiring his anatomical knowledge from the dissections he prepared for Monro's lectures. "The students liked him, and with the consent of his employer he used to give evening demonstrations of anatomy, and became so famous for the clearness of his descriptions that his audience numbered nearly two hundred students." NLM/Blake, p.229.
4o (199 x 149 mm). 8 engraved plates by Thomas Donaldson and a duplicate suite of plates printed before letters bound in at end. (marginal worming at beginning, short tear to F1 affecting text). Contemporary calf backed boards (upper cover detached, some rubbing). Provenance: John Aitken (presentation inscription by the author on front paste-down).
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Innes on front pastedown: "For Mr. John Aitken Surgeon from his humble Servt. John Innes." Innes had no formal medical education, but as apprentice to Alexander Monro in Edinburgh, became a skilled dissector, acquiring his anatomical knowledge from the dissections he prepared for Monro's lectures. "The students liked him, and with the consent of his employer he used to give evening demonstrations of anatomy, and became so famous for the clearness of his descriptions that his audience numbered nearly two hundred students." NLM/Blake, p.229.