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A SYSTEM OF SURGERY. Printed in 1783-1787 FIRST EDITION. By Benjamin Bell. First Edition of Bell's System of Surgery. The first edition is extremely difficult to find. Complete in 6 volumes. Rebound in fine leather. The bindings are not original. Collated. All 99 plates present. All text present. All titles and half title pages present except for volume 6. Volume 6 only has a half-title page, it is missing the full title page and part of the table of contents [pages 3-6]. The bindings are not original. Edinburgh: Charles Elliot, 1783-1787. First Editions. Hardcover. Octavo, six volumes. In Very Good minus condition. Rebound in quarter brown leather, with marbled paper boards. The spines look darker in person, without the camera flash. Paneled spines with black Morocco and green leather labels with gilt titling. Boards have light shelving wear. Textblocks have pencil writing to the front free end pages, light age toning, minor foxing and stains to some pages throughout, and wear to edges. Volumes 1-3 have two ownership signatures to the title pages, and volume 6 has one ownership signature to page [9], identical to the first three volumes. Volume 4 height is shorter, as visible in the pictures. The text block margins were likely trimmed. Volume 4 has a library stamp to the recto of the table of contents from the Wellcome Library, with no other markings, and ink stains to bottom edges. Volume 6 only has a half-title page, it is missing the full title page and part of the table of contents [pages 3-6]. CONTENTS: Collated: VOL I: (xvi, 549, [1] pages, plus plates 1-11); Published in 1783-- VOL II: (4, [1], vi-viii, [9]-485, plus plates 12-24); Published in 1784-- VOL III: (6, [1], viii, [9]-544 pages, plus plates 25-38); Published in 1785-- VOL IV: (vi, [9]-422, [2], plus plates 39-66); Published in 1786-- VOL V: (vii, [1], [9]-566, plus plates 67-69); Published in 1787-- VOL VI: ([1], xi-xii, [9]-529 pages, plus plates 70-98 [should be plate #99 due to two plates being mislabeled as 85]); No publication date listed. ESTC: T99545. 1408507. Each book will be individually wrapped and well protected for shipping via Priority Mail. Illustrated with 99 copperplates. The first edition is identified by the date, and does not state second edition on the title page. The second and third editions are identified as such on the title page. A SYSTEM OF SURGERY by Benjamin Bell. First Edition. The first edition is extremely difficult to find. All volumes are the first editions. The later editions are identified by stating second edition or third edition, et alā ¦ on the title pages. The first edition was printed in 1783 and does not indicate second edition on the title page. Volume six has the same ownership signature as the first volumes. All 6 were published by Charles Elliot in Edinburgh. Each one has a number of copperplates used to illustrate some of the devices, instruments and medical procedures. There are 99 copper plates in total. Vol I has 11 plates, and covers Sutures, Ligature of Arteries, Blood-Letting, Aneurisms, Herniae, Hydrocele, Haematocele, Varicocele, Cirsocele, Spermatocele and Pneumatocele, Scirrhous Testicle and Diseases of the Penis; 568pp Vol II has 13 plates, and covers Stones, Incontinence and Suppression of Urine, Obstructions of the Urethra, Fistula in Perinaeo, Haemorrhoids, conditions of the Anus, Paracentesis of the Thorax, Bronchotomy and Oesophagotomy and Cancerous Mammae; 488pp Vol III has 14 plates and covers Affections of the Brain; Diseases of the Eyes; 540pp Vol IV has 28 plates and covers Diseases of the Nose and Fauces, Mouth and Ears; 422pp Vol V has 3 plates and covers Wounds, Burns and Tumours; 566pp Vol VI has 30 plates and covers Fractures, Luxations, Distorted Limbs, Amputation, Chirurgical Operations, Midwifery, Embalming and Bandages; 529pp. Each volume has an explanation of each plate at the rear of the volume. Rebound in calf leather. The bindings are not original. Benjamin Bell of Hunthill FRS.
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