HUNTER, William (1718-1783). Anatomia Uteri Humani Gravidi Tabulis Illustrata. The Anatomy of the Human Gravid Uterus exhibited in figures, Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1774, 2°, FIRST EDITION, title and text in Latin and English, 21 leaves of text, 34 life-size copper-plates, one folding, after J. van Rymsdyk, E. Edwards, A. Cozens and Blakey (3 plates repaired, one repair affecting margin only, one encroaching on image and one affecting whole plate, folding plate worn along crease, some light browning), modern half morocco (rubbed) [GM 6157: "one of the finest anatomical atlases ever to be produced"; Choulant/Frank p.296; Gaskell 53; Norman 1125; Osler 3026; Russell 452; Waller 5004; Wellcome III, p.319] Provenance: Piero Gall (bookplate); JCL -- Samuel Thomas SOEMMERRING (1755-1830). Icones embryonum humanorum, Frankfurt: Varrentrapp & Wenner, 1799, 2°, engraved title vignette, 2 engraved plates after Köck, small engraved illustration on final leaf (plates lightly spotted), contemporary paper-backed boards with pasted label on upper cover (rubbed), preserved in cloth box. [Blake p.424; Choulant/Frank p.307; GM 473; Waller 9045] Provenance: Ahlfeld Library (2)

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HUNTER, William (1718-1783). Anatomia Uteri Humani Gravidi Tabulis Illustrata. The Anatomy of the Human Gravid Uterus exhibited in figures, Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1774, 2°, FIRST EDITION, title and text in Latin and English, 21 leaves of text, 34 life-size copper-plates, one folding, after J. van Rymsdyk, E. Edwards, A. Cozens and Blakey (3 plates repaired, one repair affecting margin only, one encroaching on image and one affecting whole plate, folding plate worn along crease, some light browning), modern half morocco (rubbed) [GM 6157: "one of the finest anatomical atlases ever to be produced"; Choulant/Frank p.296; Gaskell 53; Norman 1125; Osler 3026; Russell 452; Waller 5004; Wellcome III, p.319] Provenance: Piero Gall (bookplate); JCL -- Samuel Thomas SOEMMERRING (1755-1830). Icones embryonum humanorum, Frankfurt: Varrentrapp & Wenner, 1799, 2°, engraved title vignette, 2 engraved plates after Köck, small engraved illustration on final leaf (plates lightly spotted), contemporary paper-backed boards with pasted label on upper cover (rubbed), preserved in cloth box. [Blake p.424; Choulant/Frank p.307; GM 473; Waller 9045] Provenance: Ahlfeld Library (2)

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Soemmerring's Icones Embryonum Humanorum was intended as a supplementary volume to Hunter's work which had only dealt with the latter part of pregnancy. Soemmerring's work deals with the appearance of the embryo during the early stages of pregnancy. In the view of Choulant/Frank, "This ranks among the most valuable works of Soemmerring and is even today useful and highly appreciated. Both the drawing and the engraving show admirable execution" (see illustration).

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