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1842 · 1012F13 — London: Taylor and Walton 1842. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 20.5" by 13.5". J. Walsh and William Bagg. Impressively illustrated throughout with hand-coloured anatomical lithographs this is the very scarce first edition of the first volume of Quain and Wilson's study of human anatomy. Volume I only of the very scarce two volume first edition of this work. The first volume of an impressive two volume study of human anatomy edited by Jones Quain and Erasmus Wilson in which detailed anatomical description accompanied impressive plates. Volume I is divided into three parts covering the bones ligaments muscles and viscera of the body with individual title pages. 'The Bones and Ligaments' 1842 illustrated with nine hand-coloured lithographs and twenty-one monochrome lithographs totalling 30 plates. Collated complete. 'The Muscles of the Human Body' 1836 illustrated with fifty-three hand-coloured lithographs and one monochrome lithograph. Collated complete. 'The Viscera of the Human Body' 1840 illustrated with twenty-six hand-coloured lithographs. Collated lacking three plates. These impressive plates were drawn by J. Walsh and William Bagg transferred to stone by William Fairland and printed by some of the most celebrated lithographers of the period. Rebound in library cloth with endpapers renewed. Pencil library notations to title page head. Published in fascicles and with the plates often removed and used for educational purposes complete volumes are exceptionally scarce. Rebound in full cloth with endpapers renewed. Bumping to back strip tail with light rubbing to boards. Hinges strained but firmly held. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages bright with handling marks throughout. Pencil inscriptions to title page head. Small losses to fore edges of leaves growing more significant to the rear of the work. Tide marks to perimeters of leaves to 'Bones and Ligaments'. Lacking three 'Viscera' plates. Very Good Taylor and Walton hardcover