GRAY, Henry (1825-1861)
10.12.2025 12:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1514513
Lot 205 | GRAY, Henry (1825-1861)
Estimate value
5000GBP £ 5 000 – 7 000
Anatomy Descriptive and Surgical. London: John W. Parker and Son, 1858.
First edition of Gray’s Anatomy, 'the standard handbook on anatomy for the English speaking world. More than a century after its first publication, Gray's work continues to be published in revised editions' (Norman). Garrison-Morton 418; Norman 939.
Octavo (256 x 160 mm). Half-title, 363 text illustrations by Henry Vandyke Carter, 2pp. publisher’s advertisements at the end (faint spotting and finger-soiling to title and half-title, light thumb-creasing at top corner). Original brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine, untrimmed (cloth split at hinges, lightly bumped at corners and edges). Provenance: Royal Society of Medicine (library sticker on upper cover, ink stamps on title and p.1 dated 18 July 1933, bookseller’s notes in pencil on title).
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
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| Auction house category: | Medicine & science, Books and manuscripts, Printed books |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
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| Auction house category: | Medicine & science, Books and manuscripts, Printed books |
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