MONRO, Alexander, secundus (1733-1817). Three treatises on the brain, the eye, and the ear. Edinburgh: Adam Neill & Company, for Bell and Bradfute (for G.G. & J. Robinson, and J. Johnson, London), 1797.

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MONRO, Alexander, secundus (1733-1817). Three treatises on the brain, the eye, and the ear. Edinburgh: Adam Neill & Company, for Bell and Bradfute (for G.G. & J. Robinson, and J. Johnson, London), 1797.

4o (276 x 213 mm). 24 engraved plates (5 folding, Plate VII of Treatise III hand-colored), drawn by Andrew Fyfe and engraved by W. Archibald, G. Cameron and I. Beugo (some pale offsetting). Modern half calf, gilt ruled spine.

FIRST EDITION. Monro's last published work, including a defense of his earlier description of "Monro's foramen," which had not been universally accepted. Norman 1539.

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