BOURGERY, Jean Baptiste Marc (1797-1849) and Nicolas Henri JACOB (1781-1871, illustrator). Traité complet de l'anatomie de l'homme, comprenant la médicine opératoire . Paris: C.-A. Delaunay, 1831-1854. 16 volumes in 8 (including atlases), 2° (420 x 315mm). 8 lithographic titles, 726 lithographic plates all but one hand-coloured, of which 8 folding and 3 double-page, by Bénard, Delaporte, and others after Nicolas Henri Jacob (Spotting and browning throughout, with vol. III being very much cleaner than the rest, short marginal tears to folding plates.) ?Original publisher's quarter black roan over pebbled-gained black cloth (extremities rubbed).
BOURGERY, Jean Baptiste Marc (1797-1849) and Nicolas Henri JACOB (1781-1871, illustrator). Traité complet de l'anatomie de l'homme, comprenant la médicine opératoire . Paris: C.-A. Delaunay, 1831-1854. 16 volumes in 8 (including atlases), 2° (420 x 315mm). 8 lithographic titles, 726 lithographic plates all but one hand-coloured, of which 8 folding and 3 double-page, by Bénard, Delaporte, and others after Nicolas Henri Jacob (Spotting and browning throughout, with vol. III being very much cleaner than the rest, short marginal tears to folding plates.) ?Original publisher's quarter black roan over pebbled-gained black cloth (extremities rubbed). FIRST EDITION. 'ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED ANATOMICAL AND SURGICAL TREATISES EVER PUBLISHED IN ANY LANGUAGE' ( Heirs of Hippocrates ). Traité complet de l'anatomie was Bourgery's life work, first conceived soon after receiving his doctorate, which occupied him until his death. Bourgery conducted rigorous observations, based on original anatomical preparations, and produced a number of important syntheses, particularly in embryology and on the anatomy of the central nervous system. The work is divided into four parts which cover descriptive anatomy, surgical anatomy and techniques, general anatomy and embryology and microscopic anatomy. Nicolas Jacob was a pupil of David, and made his drawings from 'life'; some of the anatomical preparations on which they are based were prepared by Claude Bernard. Bourgery studied medicine at Paris and was an intern of both Laënnec and Dupuytren, and won gold medals for excellence from the Paris faculty. This set is a mixed issue of the first edition. The bibliographies consulted do not agree on the date the publication of the first edition began (Brunet gives 1830, Wellcome 1831, and Waller 1832) but all parts appear to have remained in print until at least 1854, when the series was completed. Each volume has a title for the text and an engraved title for the plates. When needed parts were issued with cancel titles, and the date in the engraved title was corrected. In the present set the titles are dated as follows: vol. I: 1832/1831; II: 1834/1831; III: 1844/1844; IV: 1835/1836; V: 1839/1839; VI: 1837/1839; VII: 1840/1840; VIII: 1854/1844. As none of the bibliographies agree on a collation, this set is sold not subject to return; a full collation is available in the online condition report at www.christies.com. Brunet I, 1179 (726 plates); Heirs of Hippocrates 1569 (726 plates); Waller 1372 (751 plates); Wellcome II, p. 214. (8)
BOURGERY, Jean Baptiste Marc (1797-1849) and Nicolas Henri JACOB (1781-1871, illustrator). Traité complet de l'anatomie de l'homme, comprenant la médicine opératoire . Paris: C.-A. Delaunay, 1831-1854. 16 volumes in 8 (including atlases), 2° (420 x 315mm). 8 lithographic titles, 726 lithographic plates all but one hand-coloured, of which 8 folding and 3 double-page, by Bénard, Delaporte, and others after Nicolas Henri Jacob (Spotting and browning throughout, with vol. III being very much cleaner than the rest, short marginal tears to folding plates.) ?Original publisher's quarter black roan over pebbled-gained black cloth (extremities rubbed).
BOURGERY, Jean Baptiste Marc (1797-1849) and Nicolas Henri JACOB (1781-1871, illustrator). Traité complet de l'anatomie de l'homme, comprenant la médicine opératoire . Paris: C.-A. Delaunay, 1831-1854. 16 volumes in 8 (including atlases), 2° (420 x 315mm). 8 lithographic titles, 726 lithographic plates all but one hand-coloured, of which 8 folding and 3 double-page, by Bénard, Delaporte, and others after Nicolas Henri Jacob (Spotting and browning throughout, with vol. III being very much cleaner than the rest, short marginal tears to folding plates.) ?Original publisher's quarter black roan over pebbled-gained black cloth (extremities rubbed). FIRST EDITION. 'ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED ANATOMICAL AND SURGICAL TREATISES EVER PUBLISHED IN ANY LANGUAGE' ( Heirs of Hippocrates ). Traité complet de l'anatomie was Bourgery's life work, first conceived soon after receiving his doctorate, which occupied him until his death. Bourgery conducted rigorous observations, based on original anatomical preparations, and produced a number of important syntheses, particularly in embryology and on the anatomy of the central nervous system. The work is divided into four parts which cover descriptive anatomy, surgical anatomy and techniques, general anatomy and embryology and microscopic anatomy. Nicolas Jacob was a pupil of David, and made his drawings from 'life'; some of the anatomical preparations on which they are based were prepared by Claude Bernard. Bourgery studied medicine at Paris and was an intern of both Laënnec and Dupuytren, and won gold medals for excellence from the Paris faculty. This set is a mixed issue of the first edition. The bibliographies consulted do not agree on the date the publication of the first edition began (Brunet gives 1830, Wellcome 1831, and Waller 1832) but all parts appear to have remained in print until at least 1854, when the series was completed. Each volume has a title for the text and an engraved title for the plates. When needed parts were issued with cancel titles, and the date in the engraved title was corrected. In the present set the titles are dated as follows: vol. I: 1832/1831; II: 1834/1831; III: 1844/1844; IV: 1835/1836; V: 1839/1839; VI: 1837/1839; VII: 1840/1840; VIII: 1854/1844. As none of the bibliographies agree on a collation, this set is sold not subject to return; a full collation is available in the online condition report at www.christies.com. Brunet I, 1179 (726 plates); Heirs of Hippocrates 1569 (726 plates); Waller 1372 (751 plates); Wellcome II, p. 214. (8)
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