The anatomy of the human body. : In four volumes, illustrated with one hundred and twenty-five engravings... / By John Bell, surgeon...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bell, John, 1763-1820.

Contributor:

Bell, Charles, Sir, 1774-1842.

Bell, Charles, Sir, 1774-1842, illustrator.

Bell, John, 1763-1820, illustrator.

Leney, William Satchwell, 1769-1831, engraver.

Maverick, Peter, 1780-1831, engraver.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 24799.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human anatomy.

Genre:

Publishers' advertisements -- New York (State) -- New York.

Physical Description:

4 volumes : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New-York: : Printed and sold by Collins and Co. no. 189, Pearl-Street., 1812.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Contents:

(from title pages): Volume I. Containing the anatomy of the bones, muscles, and joints. ... From the fourth London edition, improved by the author

Volume II. Containing the anatomy of the heart and arteries. ... From the fourth London edition, improved by the author

Volume III. Containing the nervous system. ... By Charles Bell, fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and Edinburgh

Volume IV. Containing the anatomy of the viscera of the abdomen, the parts in the male and female pelvis, and the lymphatic system. ... With an appendix. By Charles Bell, fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

Notes:

Plates illustrated by Charles Bell and John Bell; engraved by W.S. Leney and P. Maverick.

Vol. 1: [2], ix, [2], vi-xxviii, 284 p.; v. 2: xxiv, 309, [1] p., [13] leaves of plates; v. 3: x, 308 p., [10] leaves of plates; v. 4: xii, 243, [1] p., [10] leaves of plates. Last page v. 2 and v. 4 blank.

"Advertisement to the second American edition," including notice that Collins & Co. have turned their attention "to the sale of medical, chemical, and botanical books," v. 1, p. [iii]-ix, 2nd count.

"Valuable medical books. ... Collins & Co. have lately published that very valuable work, The modern practice of physic ... by Robert Thomas, M.D. ..."--v. 2, p. [xv-xvi].

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