[6], xv, [1], 241, xxix; 6, vii, pp. With 111 hand-colored lithograph plates, 10 of which are in supplement at rear, tissue guards. (Folio) 44x28 cm (17¼x11"), period half morocco over cloth, spine lettered in gilt, raised bands. New and Improved Edition. "Although it contains no new discoveries, this superb atlas is certainly one of the most elegant works of the nineteenth century. The 101 colored lithographs were drawn by the author and his brother, William Home Lizars (1788-1859), from the author's dissections. Lizars was a pupil of John Bell and served as a naval surgeon before becoming professor of surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh." - Heirs to Hippocrates 1436. Cushing L313; Waller 5950; Wellcome III, p. 531
[6], xv, [1], 241, xxix; 6, vii, pp. With 111 hand-colored lithograph plates, 10 of which are in supplement at rear, tissue guards. (Folio) 44x28 cm (17¼x11"), period half morocco over cloth, spine lettered in gilt, raised bands. New and Improved Edition. "Although it contains no new discoveries, this superb atlas is certainly one of the most elegant works of the nineteenth century. The 101 colored lithographs were drawn by the author and his brother, William Home Lizars (1788-1859), from the author's dissections. Lizars was a pupil of John Bell and served as a naval surgeon before becoming professor of surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh." - Heirs to Hippocrates 1436. Cushing L313; Waller 5950; Wellcome III, p. 531
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