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Cruveilhier (Jean). Anatomie Pathologique du Corps Humain, 2 vols., 1st edition, Paris, 1829-42, 231 lithographed plates (complete), most hand-coloured and two double-page, volume I title laid down, following leaf repaired, some spotting and water stains, modern brown library cloth, folio. ‘The fine hand-coloured lithographs of gross pathology make this one of the greatest works of its kind. Cruveilhier, first Professor of Pathological Anatomy in Paris, gave the first description of multiple sclerosis (in volume 2) and an early description of “Cruveilhier’s palsy”‘ (G-M 2286). (2)

Dermott (George Darby). Illustrations of the Arteries, Connected with Aneurism, and Surgical Operations. These Plates are Intended to Explain the Relative Positions of Arteries, in Respect to the Surrounding Parts, and the Organs to be Met with in Such Operations, Both Externally and Internally to their Sheaths, 2nd edition, published Thomas Hill, 1841, nine hand-coloured lithographed plates (two double-page), four uncoloured outline plates, occasional light marginal soiling, modern green library cloth, folio (1)

Elliotson (John). On the Recent Improvements in the Art of Distinguishing the Various Diseases of the Heart, Being the Lumleyan Lectures Year 1829, 1st edition, 1830, eight engraved plates, water stains and light spotting, later library cloth, losses to spine, joints splitting, together with Haviland (Alfred), The Geographical Distribution of Heart Disease and Dropsy, Cancer in Females & Phthisis in Females, in England and Wales, 1875, six hand-coloured maps to text and three large hand-coloured folding maps in pocket at rear, library stamp to title and plates in pocket, a little soiling, original cloth gilt, heavily rubbed and soiled, both folio 2)

Hirst (Barton Cooke & George A. Piersol). Human Monstrosities, 4 vols., 1st UK edition, Edinburgh & London, 1892-93, 39 photographic plates, illustrations, some marginal tears and light soiling, loose as issued in original wrappers (repaired, lacking original lower wrappers), modern cloth foldover box, folio. ‘The first large work on the subject illustrated primarily by photographs of specimens’ (G-M 534.68). (4)

Hooper (Robert). The Morbid Anatomy of the Human Brain, Illustrated by Coloured Engravings of the Most Frequent and Important Organic Diseases to Which that Viscus is Subject, 1st edition, 1828, half-title, fifteen hand-coloured lithographic plates, light library stamp to title and each plate, an eight-page Longman’s Medical Works catalogue (September 1828, 8 pp), tipped in at front, original printed advertisement for the work pasted to front pastedown, uncut, modern cloth gilt, folio, (380 x 260mm), together with a contemporary original pen and ink watercolour of a part of the brain on Whatman wove paper, unsigned, faint library stamp to lower margin, (155 x 195mm) 1)

Hunter (William). The Anatomy of the Human Gravid Uterus, Sydenham Society, 1851, thirty-four engraved plates, light library stamp to each, a little minor dust-soiling and spotting, Sydenham Society notice tipped in at front, original cloth gilt, a little rubbed and dust-soiled, large folio. Originally published in 1774 in Birmingham by John Baskerville (only one of two medical books from the famous press), the plates depict the life-size gravid uterus. ‘It is William Hunter’s best work and one of the finest anatomical atlases ever to be produced’ (G-M 6157), ‘anatomically exact and artistically perfect’ (Choulant-Frank, pp. (296-97); Heirs of Hippocrates 942; Wellcome III, 319. (1)

Hunter (William). The Anatomy of the Human Gravid Uterus, Exhibited in Figures, T. Bensley for E. Cox, 1815, additional title in Latin, letterpress in English and Latin, 34 fine engraved plates after Jan van Rymsdyk, library stamps, occasional spotting, BMI presentation book label from Dr Russell, later half burgundy morocco, edges a little rubbed, folio (650 x 475mm) (1)

Lebert (Hermann ). Traite d’anatomie pathologique generale et speciale, 4 volumes, 1st edition, Paris, 1857-1861, half-title to both text volumes, 200 engraved plates after P. Lackerbauer, many hand-coloured, library stamps to preliminary leaves and one stamp to each plate, often to lower right corner just inside or outside plate impression, occasional spotting and some finger-soiling, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco over cloth, some wear, all covers detached, or near-detached, a little loss to head and foot of spines, folio (465 x 295mm). ‘Lebert set out to cover both general and special pathology. The superb hand-coloured copperplate engravings of macro- and micropathology in this work are among the finest ever published’ (G-M 2297.1). (4)

Lewis (George). Anatomico-Chirurgical Views of the Male and Female Pelvis, 2nd edition, 1822, 19 pp, eight engraved plates with accompanying outline plates, light library stamp to title and most plates, some offsetting to facing text leaves or plate versos, modern cloth, folio (430 x 275mm). First published in 1811, with descriptions and explanatory references by Mr Lawrence. (1)

Lizars (John). A System of Anatomical Plates of the Human Body, Atlas only, published W.H. Lizars, Edinburgh, c. (1830, engraved title, 101 engraved plates, of which 93 hand-coloured, small pasted-on numbers 1-101 to top right corners, scattered light spotting and offsetting, modern brown half morocco, folio. The first surgeon in Britain to perform an ovariotomy in 1825, John Lizars (c. (1787-1860) became professor of surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh in 1831, and instrumental in bringing an end to the gruesome procurement of cadavers for medical schools (brought to a head by Burke and Hare). The fine engraved plates of his dissections are by his brother William Home Lizars, who engraved the first ten plates of John James Audubon’s monumental Birds of America (1827-38). (1)

Lizars (John). Observations on Extraction of Diseased Ovaria, 1st edition, Edinburgh, 1825, half-title, five hand-coloured engraved plates, faint library stamp to title and plates, bound with Lee (Robert), The Anatomy of the Nerves of the Uterus, 1st edition, 1841, two lithographed plates after J. Perry, faint library stamp to each, bound with Turnbull (William), A Case of Extra Uterine Gestation, of the Ventral Kind, Including the Symptoms of the Patient from the Earliest Period of Pregnancy to the Time of Death (Fifteen Months), with the Appearances Upon Dissection, 1st edition, 1791, half-title, three engraved plates plus key outline plate, faint library stamp to titles and plates, a little spotting and marginal dust-soiling, text leaves separated and rehinged individually (4to), together with Lee (Robert), Practical Observations on the Diseases of the Uterus, 1849, 2 parts paginated as 1, nine hand-coloured lithographed plates by J. Perry, library stamp to title and each plate, lacks half-title(?), both modern blue cloth gilt, folio. ‘Lizars performed the first (unsuccessful) ovarotomy in Britain. His book made generally known the practical possibility of this operation’ (G-M 6026). Rare. (2)

Lunacy. Report from the Select Committee on Lunacy Law, together with the Proceedings of the Committee, Minutes of Evidence, and Appendix, Ordered by the House of Commons, to be Printed, 30 July 1877, separate title to index (marginal dust-soiling and repairs to verso with small loss to upper outer corner of following leaf), bound with Report... on Lunacy Law... (28th March 1878, 15 pp, first and last leaf dust-soiled, BMI presentation bookplate from Dr. Bodington to front free endpaper, library cloth gilt, rubbed and soiled, folio. The Committee was appointed to inquire into the operations of the Lunacy Law, ‘so far as regards the security afforded by it against violations of personal liberty’ and did not address the custodial nature of these asylums. (1)

Maclise (Joseph). Surgical Anatomy, 1st edition, 1851, 35 hand-coloured lithographed plates, a few with manuscript notes in shorthand, library stamps, a few repairs to text leaves, some water stains and spotting, contemporary half calf, rebacked rubbed, folio (538 x 360mm), together with On Dislocations and Fractures, by Joseph Maclise, 1st edition, 1859, 36 lithographed plates, library stamps, a few tears and repairs, some spotting and soiling, a few frayed fore-edges, original fasciculus wrappers bound-in modern cloth, folio (535 x 348mm) (2)

Maiden (William). An Account of a Case of Recovery, After the Shaft of a Chaise Had Been Forced Through the Thorax, To Which is Now Added a Statement of the Health of the Sufferer from the Period of His Recovery, Until His Decease, with the Appearances of the Injured Parts after Death, 1824, four engraved plates including a plan showing the scene of the incident, library stamp to title and each plate, some spotting, original cloth-backed marbled boards, edges rubbed and frayed on spine with upper cover near-detached, folio (350 x 250mm). William Maiden (1768-1845) was the surgeon who treated Mr Thomas Tipple, a gentleman who had received a severe chest injury through being impaled by the shaft of a chaise, in 1812. Mr Tipple recovered and lived for a further ten years. Maiden published the details of the case due to the disbelief from the medical profession that a patient could survive such an injury. After Mr Tipple’s death, his widow requested the body to be examined. The post-mortem was carried out by Sir William Blizzard, William Clift, Harkness and J.W.K. Parkinson. The anterior wall of the chest of Mr Tipple and the shaft itself were presented to the Royal College of Surgeons Museum by William Maiden in 1823. They were destroyed by enemy action in May 1941. (1)

Mayo (Herbert). A Series of Engravings Intended to Illustrate the Structure of the Brain and Spinal Chord in Man, 1st edition, 1827, [4], iv, 16 pp, half-title present, seven engraved plates on india, plus accompanying duplicate outline plate, library stamp to title and plates, some heavy spotting to all plates, contemporary cloth-backed boards, some soiling and slight wear, folio (415 x 280mm). ‘This series of plates on the structure of the nervous system were among the finest of the day’ (Heirs of Hippocrates 1537). (1)

Medical Education. Special Report from the Select Committee on the Medical Act (1858) Amendment (No. (3) Bill [Lords], together with the Proceedings of the Committee, Minutes of Evidence, and Appendix, 1879, faint library stamp to first three leaves, minor spotting, together with Report of Her Majesty’s Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Grant of Medical Degrees, &c, with Subjoined Memoranda, 1882, printed upper wrapper + xxvii pp, browned and soiled and first two leaves slightly brittled and frayed in margins, bound with Report... Appointed to Inquire into the Medical Acts, with Minutes of Evidence, Appendices, and Index, 1882, library stamp to title, light browning throughout, Sampson Gamgee’s copy with presentation letter to him tipped in and BMI presentation bookplate from him to recto, the other two items with BMI presentation bookplates from Dr. Wade, both library cloth, rubbed and soiled, folio (2)

Military Medicine. Report on the Pathology of the Diseases of the Army in the East, [by Robert D. Lyons, War Office], 1856, half-title, library stamp to title, bound with Report on the Late Epidemic of Scarlet Fever Among Children in Aldershot Camp, [Army Cemetery Committee], 1866, large folding lithographic map, presentation inscription from Douglas Galton on War Office letterhead tipped in to face title, bound with ‘Remarks by Sir William Mac Cormac on the Proceedings of a Committee Appointed by the Secretary of State for War to Inquire into Hospital Management in the Field’, reprinted from Report, plus ‘Extracts from the Report of the Committee Appointed by the Secretary of State for War to Inquire into Army Medical Organization’, Extracts from the General Report, as Signed by All Members of the Committee, both n.d., each 7 pp, preceded by a tipped in printed note, ‘Paragraph 148 of the Committee’s Report, from Which Sir William Mac Cormac Dissented’, library stamp to of each, a little soiled, BMI presentation bookplate from Dr Wade to front endpaper, library cloth gilt, rubbed and soiled, folio. The Pathological Commission was appointed in March 1855 and headed by Doctors Robert Lyons and William Aitken, with the purpose of investigating the pathology of diseases in the East. Florence Nightingale had proposed the idea to Sidney Herbert and written to Sir James Clark for the names of members. It would seem that Lyons did little of the work which was largely undertaken by Aitken and his collaborator Nightingale. (1)

Pemberton (Oliver). Clinical Illustrations of Various Forms of Cancer, and of Other Diseases Likely to be Mistaken for Them, with a Special Reference to their Surgical Treatment, 1st edition, 1847, twelve lithograph plates, all but two hand-coloured, wood-engraved illustrations to text, library stamp to lower outer corner of each plate and old water stains to upper and outer margins of last four plates, minor adhesion damage to first plate from facing text leaf, with an autograph letter signed from the author to D.W. Compton dated 7th October 1867, tipped in before title, presenting this copy of the work to him, the letter in gratitude for a shared interest, with a postscript, ‘I think the plain copies are really best - but I send you what may be deemed otherwise’, 4 pp, 8vo, with a further presentation inscription to Dickinson Webster Compton from the author to half-title, library stamp beneath, original cloth gilt, rubbed and slightly frayed to extremities, lower board dampstained, folio. Pemberton produced the work to help distinguish benign from malignant tumours. A nice association copy of a rarer coloured specimen, the plain copies having just one colour-printed plate (number 9) as here. (1)

Porta (Luigi). Delle alterazioni patologiche delle arterie per la legatura e la torsione, esperienze ed osservazione, 1st edition, Milan, 1845, thirteen aquatint plates, all but one folding, library stamps to some plate versos, heavy spotting throughout, author’s autograph letter signed ‘Porta’ partly pasted to half-title verso, Pavia, 14 May 1855, to Joseph Sampson Gamgee, in Italian in a large hand, 2 pp with integral address leaf, stamps and postal strikes, some see-through, 4to, BMI presentation bookplate from Professor Leonard Gamgee to front pastedown, original printed boards, presentation inscription to Gamgee at head of upper board, soiled and worn, folio. Porta’s most important book, contributing to establishing the foundations of modern vascular surgery. Porta was Scarpa’s successor at Pavia, where he created the Anatomico-Surgical Museum. (1)

Pringle (J.J., editor). A Pictorial Atlas of Skin Diseases and Syphilitic Affections in Photo-Lithochromes from Models in the Museum of St. Louis Hospital, Paris, 1897, fifty colour plates (library stamps to plate versos only), BMI presentation bookplate from Dr. K.M. Bodkin to front pastedown, original half morocco over cloth with leather label to upper cover, some soiling and edge wear, good quality matching leather reback, together with Maclaren (P.H.), Atlas of Venereal Diseases..., Edinburgh, 1886, thirty chromolithographed plates, a little occasional spotting and soiling, upper hinges broken, library cloth, soiling and wear, torn at head of spine, both folio, plus Fox (Tilbury), Atlas of Skin Diseases..., 1877, seventy-two chromolithographed plates, library stamp to each, one leaf with manuscript annotations, BMI presentation bookplate from J.G. Sproxton to front pastedown, modern cloth, 4to (3)

Reisseisen (Franz Daniel). Uber den Bau der Lungen - De fabrica pulmonum commentatio, 1st edition, Berlin, 1822, six hand-coloured lithographic plates, parallel text in German and Latin, some spotting and browning, library stamp to (Latin) title-page and plates, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, old reback, worn and covers detached, folio (495 x 350mm). ‘In 1804 the Academy of Sciences in Berlin offered a prize for the best essay on the structure and function of the lungs. The Strasburg, Franz Daniel Reisseisen, obtained the prize; Soemmering received honourable mention. Texts of both prize essays were jointly published in Berlin, 1808. The engravings belonging to Reisseisen’s essay were published in 1822 in Berlin, with German text and Latin translation by Justus Friedrich Karl Hecker’ (Choulant-Frank, p. (309). (1)

Saunders (J.C.). The Anatomy of the Human Ear, Illustrated by a Series of Engravings, of the Natural Size; With a Treatise on the Diseases of that Organ, the Causes of Deafness, and their Proper Treatment, 1st edition, 1806, four engraved plates, spotting and water stains, library stamps, library cloth, edges rubbed, folio (440 x 275mm). ‘Saunders was the first to advise paracentesis in acute middle-ear suppuration’ (G-M 3362). (1)

Scarpa (Antonio). Memoria sulla legatura delle principali arterie degli arti con una appendice all’opera sull’aneurisma, 1st edition, Pavia: Pietro Bizzoni, 1817, faint library stamp to title, a little spotting and soiling to first and last leaves, tear with small blank paper loss to lower outer corner of penultimate leaf, library cloth, rubbed and soiled, folio (323 x 224mm). A large-paper copy of Scarpa’s work on aneurysms in which he distinguished between true and false aneurysms, marking the beginning of a movement to study the diseases of the arteries in particular, and all other vessels in general. G-M 2940. Not in Cushing, Norman, Osler or Waller. (1)

Scarpa (Antonio). Sull’ Ernie Memoire Anatomico-Chirurgiche, 1st edition, Milan, 1809, ten engraved plates by Faustino Anderloni, ten outline key plates, title repaired, library stamps, light spots and occasional light soiling, contemporary half calf, rubbed and scuffed, folio (650 x 477mm). ‘Scarpa distinguished between inguinal and femoral hernia, describing the characteristics of each; he was also the first to call attention to the sliding hernia, and described the difference between congenital and acquired umbilical hernias. The eponymous ‘Scarpa’s facia’ (creasteric facia) and ‘Scarpa’s triangle of the thigh’ are derived from the present work. The magnificent plates, by Scarpa’s illustrator Faustino Anderloni, are life-size’ (Norman 1901); G-M 3583. (1)

Shaw (John). Engravings, Illustrative of a Work on the Nature and Treatment of the Distortions to which the Spine and the Bones of the Chest are Subject, 1st edition, 1824, half-title, seven engraved plates and six mounted etched illustrations mostly by Thomas Landseer, some light spotting, original cloth-backed boards, edges rubbed, a few stains, folio, together with Hind (George William), A Series of Twenty Plates Illustrating the Causes of Displacement in the Various Fractures of the Bones of the Extremities, 1st edition, 1835, 20 uncoloured lithographed plates, original colour extra illustration bound in at end, some spotting and water stains, some fore-edge fraying, later library cloth, tear at foot of spine, a few stains, 4to. First item: Scarce atlas illustrating Shaw’s 1823 text volume, with early engravings by Thomas Landeer. ‘It is a book of considerable merit, and is quoted at the present day as an authority on orthopaedic surgery’ (DNB). (2)

Smith (Robert William). A Treatise on the Pathology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Neuroma, Dublin, 1849, subscribers’ list after title leaf, fifteen uncoloured lithographic plates on india paper, library stamps to title and one to each plate, some spotting and dust-soiling, original half roan over printed boards portfolio with cloth ties, rubbed and soiled, backstrip perished and covers near-detached, atlas folio (685 x 455mm). G-M 4529. (1)

Stanley (Edward). Illustrations of the Effects of Disease and Injury of the Bones, with Descriptive and Explanatory Statements, 1st edition, 1849, twenty-four hand-coloured lithographic plates, library stamp to title and plates, original cloth gilt, some edge-wear, modern cloth gilt reback, folio (420 x 320mm) (1)

Swan (Joseph). A Demonstration of the Nerves of the Human Body, 1st quarto edition, 1834, twenty-five engraved plates, two library stamps to title and each plate, a little spotting and occasional light offsetting, modern library cloth, together with Plates of the Brain, in Explanation of the Physical Faculties of the Nervous System, 1st edition, 1853, twenty-two lithograph plates, all but last two tinted, publisher’s advert leaf at rear, library stamp to title and plate margins, a little dust-soiling, hinges broken and contents loose in original cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and soiled, minor fraying to extremities, both 4to. For this quarto edition of the first work the plates were re-engraved by Findon, one of the original engravers for the folio edition of 1834. (2)

Swan (Joseph). A Demonstration of the Nerves of the Human Body, 1st edition, 1830, engraved title, dedication and fifty engraved plates after E. West, including twenty-five outline plates, library stamp to title and margin of each plate, some browning and old dampstaining throughout, final explanation leaf and outline plate somewhat soiled and both relaid and rehinged, contemporary half calf over cloth with leather label to upper cover, spine torn and near-detached with some loss, folio (650 x 495mm). Swan’s work was the largest and is considered the most splendidly produced atlas on neuroanatomy ever published in English. The life-size depictions remain unsurpassed. Heirs of Hippocrates 1482. (1)

Tiedemann (Friedrich). Tabulae Arteriarum Corporis Humani, atlas only, Carlsruhe, 1822, engraved title, engraved dedication, 38 hand-coloured lithographed plates, each with accompanying outline plate, library stamps, occasional light soiling and a few spots, contemporary half calf, joints splitting, rubbed, folio (695 x 520mm). ‘The author of this large and impressive work was professor of anatomy and physiology at Heidelberg... This is one of the first works to be devoted solely to the arterial system. The plates are remarkable for their beauty, accuracy and originality of presentation. All of the arteries in the life-size lithographs were hand-colored by J. Roux, the artist’ (Heirs of Hippocrates 1370). (1)

Vaccination Commission. First [- Sixth] Report of the Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire into the Subject of Vaccination, with Minutes of Evidence and Appendices, bound as 3 volumes, 1889-97, numerous folding tables and plans including some coloured, library stamp to titles and plates, library cloth, rubbed and soiled, lower joint to final volume split, and also split at head of spine, folio, together with First Report of the Commissions Appointed to Inquire into the Origin and Nature of the Cattle Plague, With the Minutes of Evidence and an Appendix, library stamp to title, modern cloth gilt, folio, plus Reports on Occupational Mortality (1927-38), plus other 19th-century animal plague and veterinary interest (13)

Watt (John James). Anatomico-Chirurgical Views of the Nose, Mouth, Larynx & Fauces; With Appropriate Explanations, and References to the Parts, printed for the author, 1809, list of subscribers, four hand-coloured engraved plates by J. Hopwood after T. Baxter, four accompanying numbered outline plates, title and dedication leaves excised at lower margin, bound with Anatomico-Chirurgical Views of the Male and Female Pelvis; With Appropriate Explanations and References to the Parts, Fasciculus II, 1811, list of subscribers, eight hand-coloured engraved plates with eight outline plates, occasional soiling and dampstains, modern cloth, spine with red label, folio. Noted for the quality and accuracy of the plates, the second work quite scarce. (1)

Fox (T. Colcott and others). The Illustrated Medical News, volumes 1 and 2 only, 1888-90, numerous colour and black and white plates and illustrations, library stamps throughout, modern cloth, 4to, together with Mansch (Anton), Medical World, Gallery of Contemporaries in the Field of Medical Science, 2 volumes, Berlin, n.d., 200 photogravure portrait plates with accompanying letterpress, most with facsimile signature beneath, neat calligraphic manuscript index inserted at front of each volume, contemporary half morocco gilt, heavily rubbed, folio, plus a shorter one-volume edition of the same work, plus six others of mostly 19-century medical portraits interest, all folio/4to (11)

New Sydenham Society. A collection of 118 volumes, 1859/1907, all with library stamps, original cloth, all somewhat worn and several with damaged spines or spines missing, 8vo, plus from the same series New Sydenham Society Lexicon, 5 volumes, library stamps, contemporary half morocco, rubbed and soiled, 4to, plus Atlas of Skin Diseases, plates 1-49 only, plus a further part set of plates 1-35, one set in original portfolio, atlas folio. A largely complete collection, lacking about twenty volumes from the regular octavo series. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (-)

Quain (Richard). The Anatomy of the Arteries of the Human Body: With its Applications to Pathology and Operative Surgery. In Lithographic Drawings, with Practical Commentaries, 2 volumes (without the octavo volume of letterpress), 1844, eighty-seven double page lithograph plates on india paper (correct as list), by Joseph Maclise, heightened with colour, ink stamp to every plate, some spotting and marginal dust-soiling, top edges gilt, original plum half morocco gilt, some wear, folio, together with Quain (Jones, and Wilson, William J. E.), The Muscles of the Human Body, 1836, The Vessels of the Human Body, 1837, The Nerves of the Human Body, 1839, The Viscera of the Human Body, 1840, together four volumes, numerous lithograph plates, many hand-coloured, some spotting and marginal soiling (several extensive paper repairs to fourth volume), mixed bindings, some wear, folio, and eight others similar (14)

Rayer (Pierre Francoise Olive). A Theoretical and Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Skin, 2nd edition, entirely remodelled, 2 volumes (letter-press & atlas), 1835, twenty-two hand-coloured stipple engravings (of twenty-six?, the title page of the letter-press volume calls for twenty-six plates), ink stamp to every plate, some light marginal dampstains, library cloth/recent cloth, 8vo & 4to, together with Bourgery (Jean Baptiste Marc, 1797-1849, and Jacob, N. H.), Traite’ Complet de l’Anatomie de l’Homme, comprenant la Medicine Operatoire, volumes 1 & 2, Paris, 1831, uncoloured lithograph frontispiece to volume 1, additional engraved title to each, uncoloured lithograph plate, numbered 1-159, ink stamps to most plates, some heavy spotting, recent cloth, folio, plus Ellis (George Viner & G.H. Ford). [Illustrations of Dissections in a Series of Original Coloured Plates, the Size of Life, Representing the Dissection of the Human Body], Atlas only, [1867], fifty-eight colour lithographed plates, one or two loosening, scattered light spots and light marginal water stain, contemporary burgundy half morocco, a little rubbed and scuffed, folio, and others similar (15)

Sydenham Society. A collection of twenty-four volumes plus three duplicates, 1846/56, including numbers 1-4, 6, 8, 9, 11-13, 17-25, 28, 30, 31, 33, 36 & 38 (of a total of 40 volumes), plus duplicates of numbers 19, 28 & 33, all with library markings, five volumes in original cloth of which four are worn, the remainder modern green cloth gilt, 8vo. One oversize volume (number 25) is a copy of Hunter’s Gravid Uterus (1851) which is unstamped, but spotted and slightly soiled, and bound in original cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, folio. (26)

Williamson (Mary Baldwin). An Illustration of the Human Head, in Three Original Drawings, Designed to Exhibit the Beauty and Proportion of its External Form, as Depending on the Arrangement of its Bones and Muscles, London & Clapham, 1834, title, dedication, text (p.5-8), three uncoloured lithograph plates on india paper, plates 2 & 3 with explanation leaf, list of subscribers at rear, original printed grey paper wrappers, folio (all leaves dust-soiled and frayed and torn at edges, lower left hand corner of plate 1 torn with minor loss), together with Sibson (Francis), Medical Anatomy: Or, Illustrations of the Relative Position and Movements of the Internal Organs, London: John Churchill & Sons, 1869, twenty-one hand coloured lithograph plates, small oval ink stamp to verso of each, some spotting, later cloth, upper cover detached, folio, plus Lesser (Dr. Adolf), Atlas der Gerichtlichen Medicin, 2 vols., Berlin, 1883 & Breslaw, 1892, thirty-six double page chromolithograph with tissue-guard, some minor adhesion damage, ink stamps, marginal dust-soiling, recent cloth, plus Weber (Moritz Ignaz), Anatomical Atlas of the Human Body in Natural Size, Dusseldorf, [1831-36], nine multi-folding engraved plates and 39 (of 84) single-page engraved plates (lacks plate 39), ink stamps, some spotting and marginal soiling, contemporary half calf, covers detached, elephant oblong folio (the complete work calls for 89 plates), and others, including a set of Crocker’s Diseases of the Skin (18)

Wilson (Erasmus). Portaits of Diseases of the Skin, Fasciculus 1-12 (complete), London: John Churchill, 1855, forty-eight hand coloured lithograph plates (correct as list), with corresponding letter-press, ink stamps, a few marginal closed tears, original printed wrappers, dust-soiled and badly frayed, folio, together with Crocker (H. Radcliffe), Atlas of the Diseases of the Skin, Sections 1-8 (complete), London: The Caxston Publishing Co., 1903, ninety-six chromolithographs, (correct as list and free of library stamps), with explanatory letter-press, loosely contained in original linen-backed folders with ties, some soiling, atlas folio (20)

Birmingham Case Notes. A group of six manuscript volumes of case notes, c. (1863/76, written in more than one unidentified hand, and containing case notes for over 600 patients admitted to hospital, including name, age, address, diagnosis, etc., a total of approximately 1400 pp written in messy but legible hands, contemporary green boards, lettered A, J, K, U, V and W to upper covers, soiled and worn, folio. Medical conditions diagnosed and treated include diseases of the heart, laryngitis, typhoid, pleurisy, epilepsy, cerebral disorder, rheumatism, chorea, hysteria, alcoholism, neuralgia, phthisis, etc. (6)

Gregory (James, 1753-1821). The Practice of Physic, by Dr. Gregory, c. (1810, contemporary original manuscript of lecture notes, presumed to be by Dr. James Gregory at Edinburgh University, from notes taken by a student (Aldred Jukes?), 494, [2] pp, index leaf at rear, written in a very neat and legible hand, subjects in the index include Apoplexy, Cholera Morbus, Diseases of Children, Drowning &c, Epilepsy, Fevers, Hysteria, Inoculation, Measles, Plague, Palsy, Rickets, Scurvy, Stone, Ulcers, Vertigo and Worms, paper watermarked 1807, original presentation inscription relaid to front pastedown, ‘Thomas Chavasse’s book, the gift of his friend Alfred Jukes, March 12th 1812’, faint library stamp to title and presentation note, a little spotting and soiling, BMI presentation bookplate from T.F. Chavasse to front pastedown, modern blue quarter morocco gilt over cloth, folio (330 x 200mm). James Gregory graduated MD at Edinburgh in June 1774, spending the following two years studying medicine abroad. In June 1776 Gregory was elected Professor of the Institutes of Medicine in Edinburgh, a vacancy arising because of the transfer of William Cullen to the chair of the practice of Physic on the death of John Gregory (James’s father). ‘By 1790 Gregory had so well established his reputation that he was appointed joint Professor of the practice of physic, with the right to survivorship, on Cullen’s retirement. After Cullen’s death he remained the sole occupant of this chair for the rest of his life. In November 1818, because of the increase in his practice, he employed his nephew William Pulteney Alison to assist with the lectures. Gregory was noted as a superb lecturer, his explanations covered all aspects of medicine. Sir Robert Christison said of him: ‘in fluency as in choice of language, he surpassed all lecturers I have ever heard before. His doctrines were set forth with great clearness and simplicity, in the form of a commentary on Cullen’s First Lines of the Practice of Physic .... his name lived on in homes throughout the country well into the twentieth century in connection with the celebrated Gregory’s Powder or Gregory’s Mixture. Composed of powdered rhubarb, ginger, and magnesium oxide, it acted as an antacid, stomachic, and cathartic. Gregory spent a great deal of his creative talents in feuds with his contemporaries, both individual and institutional, as witnessed by the long list of pamphlets, mostly sizeable books, among his published works. One such feud in 1793 involved James Hamilton, Professor of Midwifery at Edinburgh University. The quarrel ended with Gregory beating Hamilton with his cane. For this he was taken to court and fined £100, which Gregory, when paying, offered to double for another opportunity’ (DNB). Gregory was appointed first physician to the King in Scotland in 1799; he was also friend to the poet Robert Burns. Alfred Jukes (b. (1792) became a surgeon to the Birmingham General Hospital and was included in a roll of the Royal College of Surgeons of England as a Fellow in 1844. (1)

Russell (James, 1818-1885). Pathological Memoranda, volumes 1-4, compiled c. (1860-80, a total of approximately 550 pages, written in a slightly untidy but legible hand, with some underscoring, deletions, related medical journal cuttings and a small amount of manuscript ephemera tipped or pasted in, indexes to first three volumes, approximately fifteen blank leaves at rear of fourth volume, the memoranda seemingly all referring to the writings of historical and contemporary medical writers on a wide variety of subjects, some spotting and soiling, contemporary quarter roan over marbled boards, all broken and worn with contents loose, spines to all and lower cover to volume 2 deficient, folio/4to. James Russell MD was a physician at the Birmingham General Hospital and held a post at Queen’s College medical school. (4)

Acton (William). A Complete Practical Treatise on Venereal Diseases, and their Immediate and Remote Consequences, Including Observations on Certain Affections of the Uterus, Attended with Discharges, 2 volumes (Text & Plates), 1st edition, 1841, a few wood-engraved illustrations to text volume, faint library stamp to full-title and dedication leaves, publisher’s advert leaf at rear, BMI presentation book label ticket from [Oliver] Pemberton to front free endpaper, modern cloth gilt, 8vo, the atlas volume with eight colour lithograph plates, library stamp to title and all plates, some dust-soiling and heavy spotting throughout, BMI presentation from James Vose Solomon to title and front free endpaper (relaid), original cloth gilt, some edge wear, rebacked, oblong folio. The author’s first and principal work which had reached its fourth edition by the time of his death in 1875. His pioneering work led to the Contagious Diseases Act of 1866, requiring that all prostitutes be examined for venereal diseases and treated at government expense. (2)

Allan (Robert). A Treatise on the Operation of Lithotomy, in Which are Demonstrated, the Dangers of Operating with the Gorget, and the Superiority of the More Simple Operation with the Knife and Staff, 1st edition, printed for the author, Edinburgh, 1808, half-title, five engraved plates, library stamp to title and plates, some occasional heavy spotting or browning, contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards, some soiling and wear, oblong folio, together with Key (C. Aston), A Short Treatise of the Section of the Prostate Gland in Lithotomy..., 1824, half-title, four engraved plates including three double-page, library stamp to title and plates, occasional spotting, plus Stanley (Edward), An Account of the Mode of Performing the Lateral Operation of Lithotomy, 1829, half-title, seven lithographic plates, library stamp to title and plates, some spotting, BMI presentation bookplate from Alfred Baker, both library cloth, rubbed and soiled, 4to (3)

Anatomy. Report from the Select Committee of Anatomy, ordered, by the House of Commons, to be printed, 22 July 1828, a little dust-soiling at front and rear, title neatly re-hinged, bound with An Act for Regulating Schools of Anatomy, 1st August 1832, printed 1840, pp. [713] - 718, first page with faint library stamp slightly dust-soiled, Birmingham Library bookplate to front pastedown, modern cloth gilt, folio. The Committee for this Report was appointed to enquire into the manner of obtaining subjects for dissection in the Schools of Anatomy and into the state of the law affecting the persons employed in obtaining or dissecting bodies. Until Warburton’s Anatomy Act (1832) the obtaining of enough subjects for dissection remained a difficult problem for British medical schools. The complaints of teachers of anatomy before the Act was passed are presented here in the Report that precedes it. The Act was hastened by the exploits of the likes of Burke and Hare, the infamous body-snatchers. The Act gave anatomists access to ‘unclaimed bodies’, those who had died without any family coming forward to claim them for burial. Previously only bodies of executed criminals were legally available for dissection. (1)

Antommarchi (Francesco). Planches anatomiques du corps humain executees d’apres les dimensions naturelles..., 1st edition, Paris: Impr. Lithographique de C. Lasteyrie, [1823-1826], engraved title with lithographic border, thirty-five hand-coloured lithographed plates, each with accompanying outline plate, faint library stamp to title and each plate, spotting and browning throughout, often heavy, some marginal fraying and old dampstaining to extremities, contents broken and loose in contemporary half morocco over marbled boards, worn, atlas folio (970 x 655mm), together with the companion text volume entitled Explication des planches anatomiques du corps humain..., 1st edition, Paris, 1826, author’s signature to title verso, faint library stamp to title and dedication leaf, heavy spotting and some browning throughout, contemporary half morocco gilt over marbled boards, heavily rubbed and a little worn, folio (535 x 345mm). A rare complete first edition with accompanying text volume of this impressive and important anatomical work. This is known as the pirated lithograph edition of Paolo Mascagni’s ‘Anatomia universa’ (Pisa, 1823-32). This monumental work with its life-size copperplate anatomical images was left unfinished at his death. Antommarchi, who had been Mascagni’s pupil and colleague, edited two of his works following his death in 1815. However, Antommarchi and Mascagni’s heirs quarrelled over money, and by early 1819 Antommarchi left Italy to become Napoleon’s physician at St. Helena, taking with him copies of, among other things, impressions of about thirty plates of the ‘Anatomia Universa’. In 1822, Antommarchi travelled to Paris where he ‘met with the Comte de Lasteyrie, and together they decided to reproduce the Universal Anatomy in lithography, copying the figures from the impressiona Antommarchi had taken when he left for St. Helena. The work proceeded quickly, for they know from a prospectus that the official Universal Anatomy was to start publication, as it did, the next year, 1823... Remarkably, the first of a total of fifteen parts was ready in Paris also in 1823, demonstrating the clear advantage of lithography in terms of speed - an engraver making new plates would have completed the task in years, not months. The first part of the Parisian edition was for sale actually earlier than that of the Pisan edition, and the former completed publication by 1826, while the latter was not complete until 1832. The plates in the two editions are not exactly the same, since in both changes had been made to the original designs; Antommarchi had prepared a few entirely new plates. The size of the pages and images in the two editions were similar (Roberts & Tomlinson, pp 384-96). The Comte de Lasteyrie was one of the founders of lithography in France and these are likely the largest works issued by his press. The life-size figures at the front of the plate volume are shown standing on a Vesalian landscape, a feature not present in the engraved edition. Choulant-Frank pp 319-20. (2)

Apothecaries Act 1815. An Abstract of a Bill for Regulating the Practice of Apothecaries, Surgeon-Apothecaries, and Practitioners in Midwifery, and Compounders and Dispensers of Medicine, Throughout England and Wales, Published by Order of the General Committee, 1813, title-page plus 17 pp, the last six pages giving a county by county list of subscribers, final leaf a little torn and repaired with minimal loss of letter-press, uncut, bound with blanks in modern quarter morocco gilt, slim folio. The Act which followed in 1815 introduced compulsory apprenticeship and formal qualifications for apothecaries and formed the basis of regulation of the medical profession in the UK. (1)

Army Medical Department. A Fasciculus, Containing Nine Lithographic Anatomical Drawings; From Preparations in the Museum of the Army Medical Department at Chatham, Fasciculus 1-4 (of 5), in one vol., 1824-41, 38 lithographed plates, including three hand-coloured, library stamps, some light spotting and soiling, BMI presentation label from Mrs G H Evans, contemporary half calf, a little rubbed and scuffed, folio (528 x 405mm). Provenance: Inscribed to verso of first part: ‘To Sir Astley Cooper Bart, with best compl. J. McGrigor’, additional presentation to John Howship from Sir James McGrigor to front blank of the third part. Sir James McGrigor (1771-1858) was Surgeon-General for the British army during the Peninsular Wars (1808-14) before serving as Director-General of the Army Medical Department from 1815-51. He implemented major reforms including casualty registration and evacuation, convalescent depots and set up a Benevolent Fund and Widows and Orphans Fund. He started the morbid anatomy specimen collection at Hilsea, Portsmouth in 1810. (1)

Bell (Charles). A System of Dissections, Explaining the Anatomy of the Human Body, the Manner of Displaying the Parts, and their Varieties in Disease, 2 volumes in 1 [7 parts plus Appendix], 1st editions (Part I 2nd edition), Edinburgh, 1798-1803, thirty engraved plates, part-titles, appendix to Part First bound at rear of volume 1, some spotting or browning, occasionally heavy and largely affecting plates, library stamp to title and each plate, together with a second copy of volume 1 [5 parts plus Appendix], 1st editions, Edinburgh, 1798-1799, twenty engraved plates (plates 1, 7, 14, 15 & 16 with partial hand-colouring), part-titles, explanation for plates 2-4 in part I bound after part-title, advertisement leaf following title of part III (as first copy), some spotting and browning throughout, occasional dust-soiling and marginal dampstaining, a few short closed marginal tears without loss, both library cloth, rubbed and soiled, upper cover to first volume near-detached, folio (435 x 275 & 425 x 175mm). ‘Bell’s first independent venture as an author was published while he was still a student, but his considerable artistic talent was already fully developed. The first editions of parts 1-5 of volume I were issued between 1798 and 1799, in the first edition of the ‘Appendix’ in 1800; the second edition of these parts followed the first by a year, and are often found bound with the first editions of volume II, parts 1 and 2. A few copies of this work were issued with partially hand-coloured plates’ (Norman 166, 2nd edition of volume 1, 1st edition of volume 2); G-M 402; Russell 46, 47. (2)

Bell (Charles). A Dissertation on Gun-Shot Wounds, 1st edition, 1814, thirteen engraved plates on seven folding sheets, illustrations, advertisment leaf, library stamps, marginal soiling and a few spots, library cloth, a little rubbed and faded, 8vo, together with Engravings from Specimens of Morbid Parts..., 1813 twelve engraved plates, heavy spotting and browning throughout, library stamps to title and plates, some old water staining, contemporary linen-backed boards, some wear, upper cover detached, folio (2)

Bell (Charles). Illustrations of the Great Operations of Surgery, Trepan, Hernia, Amputation, Aneurism, and Lithotomy, 1st edition, 1821, twenty plates by Thomas Landseer etched in sepia from drawings by Bell, all but three hand-coloured, one etched illustration to text, a little occasional spotting or soiling, ownership inscription of Joseph Sampson Gamgee, Birmingham, 18th June 1864, to front free endpaper, BMI presentation bookplate from Professor Leonard Gamgee to front pastedown, original roan-backed with gilt-titled leather label to upper cover, some corner wear, upper cover detached with front free endpaper and title-page, oblong folio (268 x 380mm). First issue of this remarkable book, distinguished by the presence of an imprint date and the inclusion of ‘Hurst’ in the list of publishers. ‘One of the most dramatically and beautifully illustrated works in the entire literature of surgery. Hand-coloured copies show more blood than is usual for surgical treatises of the period’ (G-M 5588); Heirs of Hippocrates 1305; Norman 174 (second issue of c. (1830). Dr. Joseph Sampson Gamgee (1828-1886) was a surgeon at the Queen’s Hospital (later the General Hospital) in Birmingham, which he joined in 1857. Here he performed a successful amputation of a man’s leg at the hip joint. The man, a former coal miner, had an enormous growth on the femur with a weight of more than two thirds the weight of the man himself. Gamgee took an interest in all hospital matters and for his efforts to improve hospital conditions, and occasioned a building of a new hospital wing. In 1873 he founded the Birmingham Hospital Saturday Fund and was also the first president of the Birmingham Medical Institute. His son Dr. Leonard Parker Gamgee was also a renowned surgeon of Birmingham. Unusually, this book has no library stamps to the text or plates. (1)

Bell (Charles). Observations on Injuries of the Spine and of the Thigh Bone, in Two Lectures, Delivered in the School of Great Windmill Street..., 1st edition, 1824, nine lithographic plates including two double-page, title slightly browned, library stamp to title and each plate, library cloth, rubbed and soiled, spine a little frayed, 4to, together with Barbour (A.H. Freeland), Spinal Deformity in Relation of Obstetrics, 1st edition, Edinburgh & London, [1883], thirty-nine lithographed plates including fifteen tinted and some double-page or folding, library stamps to title and plate margins, author’s initialled presentation inscription to title and with BMI presentation bookplate from the author to front free endpaper, original cloth gilt, rubbed and soiled with wear to spine ends, folio (2)

Bell (Charles). Illustrations of the Great Operations of Surgery, Trepan, Hernia, Amputation, Aneurism, and Lithotomy, 2nd edition, c. (1830, 20 engraved plates, most hand-coloured, occasional light duststains or finger marks, contemporary boards, spine and edges rubbed or chipped, oblong folio. ‘One of the most dramatically and beautifully illustrated works in the entire literature of surgery. Hand-coloured copies show more blood than is usual for surgical treatises of this period’ (G-M 5588). (1)

Boivin (Marie Anne Victoire & Antoine Duges). Traite Pratique des Maladies de l’Uterus et de ses Annexes, Fonde sur un Grand Nombre d’Observations Cliniques, Atlas only, 1st edition, Paris, 1833, 41 hand-coloured engraved plates, a few light marginal marks or stains, modern library cloth, folio, together with Monro (Alexander), Illustrations of the Anatomy of the Pelvis, 2nd edition, with additional letter-press and plates, Edinburgh, 1827, eleven uncoloured engraved plates, most badly dampstained, original grey boards, recent linen backstrip, original printed paper label to upper cover, tall slim folio, plus Barbour (A. H. F.), The Anatomy of Labour [and Supplement], including that of Full-time Pregnancy and the First Days of the Puerperiaum, exhibited in frozen sections, reproduced Ad Naturam, 2 vols., 2nd/3rd eds., 1889 & 1896, twenty-six chromolithographs and uncoloured plates (correct as list), original cloth gilt/original half cloth portfolio, lacking ties, tall slim folio, and others related. ‘Boivin and Duges practised amputation of the cervix for chronic ulceration’ (G-M 6028) for the first work. (13)

Bramwell (Byrom). Atlas of Clinical Medicine, 3 volumes, Edinburgh, 1892-96, 100 chromolithograph and uncoloured lithograph plates, library stamps to title and each plate, some spotting, top edge gilt, remainder rough-trimmed, contemporary half morocco gilt, rubbed and slightly split along joints, together with Hutchinson (John Adam), Illustrations of Clinical Surgery..., 2 volumes, 1878-88, ninety-three coloured and black and white plates, library stamps to title and each plate, inner hinges to volume 2 broken, original non-matching cloth, rubbed and soiled, all folio (5)

Camper (Petrus). Icones Herniarum, ed. Samuel Thomas von Soemmerring, 1st edition Frankfurt, 1801, fourteen engraved plates, original pen and ink drawing of a hernia by J. Hodgson, dated 1805, tipped in, library stamps, marginal repairs to two text leaves, some spotting and soiling, contemporary cloth-backed boards, some wear at spine ends, rubbed, folio, together with Recueil de planches pour servir aux observations anatomiques sur la structure interieure et le squelette de plusieurs especes de cetaces, Par MM. Camper, pere et fils, Atlas only, 1st edition, Paris, 1820, fifty-three engraved plates (three hand-coloured), some spotting and marginal tears, 20th-century library cloth, short tear at upper joint, oblong folio, plus Hesselbach (Franz Caspar), Disquisitiones anatomico-pathologicae de ortu et progressu herniarum..., Wurzburg, 1816, sixteen (of 17) engraved plates, lacks plate 12 (censored), heavy spotting throughout, uncut, library cloth, rubbed and soiled, 4to. ‘Camper illustrated his own work, and was in fact one of the greatest anatomical artists. His illustrations of herniae are of great value’ (G-M 3580); Heirs of Hippocrates 953.5. (3)

Candolle (Augustin Pyramus de). Astragalogia nempe Astragali, Biserrulae et Oxytropidis, nec non Phacae, Colutae et Lessertiae, Historia Iconibus Illustrata, 1st edition, published J.B. Garnery, Paris, Anno XI, 1802, half-title, 50 engraved plates after Pierre Joseph Redoute by Plee, Guyard, Taridieu etc., final leaf repaired, occasional minor spotting, light dampstain, mainly to text leaves at end, library buckram, folio. Originator of the idea of “Nature’s War”, Swiss botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1778-1841) much influenced Charles Darwin and the principal of natural selection. The present work, with the botanical plates drawn by Pierre Joseph Redoute, is his second major work, following Plantarum Historia Succulentarum (1799-1802), also contributing the text to J.P. Redoute’s Les Liliacees (1802-16). Nissen 319. (1)

Carswell (Robert). Pathological Anatomy. Illustrations of the Elementary Forms of Disease, 1st edition in book form, 1838, 48 fine hand-coloured lithographed plates, drawn by Robert Carswell, occasional light marginal finger marks, presentation label from Professor Leonard Gamgee and his signature to front endpaper, contemporary burgundy half calf, joints and edges rubbed. folio (365 x 260mm). A good copy of arguably the finest pathological atlas. ‘Carswell was Professor of Morbid Anatomy at University College, London, and one of the leading English pathologists of his day. A fine artist, he personally painted 2,000 water-colours of pathological specimens. His great pathological atlas contains splendid hand-coloured lithographs which he selected from his collection of water-colours and personally drew on stone’ (G-M 2291). The subjects are Inflammation, Analogous Tissues, Atrophy, Hypertrophy, Pus, Mortification, Haemorrhage, Softening, Melanoma, Carcinoma and Tubercle. Leonard Parker Gamgee (1868-1956) was a renowned Birmingham surgeon and son of Joseph Sampson Gamgee. Norman 408; Wellcome II, p. (306. (1)

Cloquet (Jules). Traite de l’acupuncture..., et publie sous ses yeux par M. Dantu de Vannes, Paris, 1826, half-title, some spotting and dust-soiling, library stamps to titles and several lower margins, library cloth, rubbed, 8vo, together with Smith (Frederick Porter), Contributions Towards the Materia Medica and Natural History of China, For the Use of Medical Missionaries and Native Medical Students, Shanghai & London, 1871, a few faint library stamps to title and early leaves, author’s signed presentation inscription for the BMI to title, BMI presentation bookplate from the author to front free endpaper, original cloth, rubbed, frayed on joints and spine ends, small folio (2)

Blome (Richard). [A Geographical Description of the Four Parts of the World Taken from the Notes & Workes of the Famous Monsieur Sanson, Geographer to the French King and other Eminent Travellers and Authors...., 1670], lacking title page but retaining the dedication to Charles II, twenty-four (of twenty-five) uncoloured engraved double page maps (including eight folding), lacking the world map, last two leaves detached, slight marginal spotting and staining throughout, contemp. calf, boards detached, rubbed and worn at extrems., folio. R.W.Shirley, British Library T.BLOM - 1a, Wing B3214. (1)