First edition. Complete in two volumes: text and plates. Ex-library copies, noncirculating, with perforation to title page of Vol. I and each one of the plates, bookplates, call numbers, etc. Vol. I rebound in green cloth, Vol. II cover (wraps?) laid onto green cloth, string-clasp, individual plates unbound. All 10 plates present. Contents of Vol. I toned, reading wear. Vol. II Fair, tidemark along top two inches of each plate and Vol. II title page, plates worn at edges. Very rare anatomical text with plates. Seller Inventory # 140944984

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Title: A Description of the Human Body: Its ...

Publisher: Day & Son, London

Publication Date: 1860

Edition: 1st Edition

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