BAILLIE, Matthew. A series of engravings, accompanied with explanations, which are intended to illustrate the morbid anatomy of some of the most important parts of the human body. London: W. Bulmer & Co. for J. Johnson and G. and W. Nicol, 1803.
BAILLIE, Matthew. A series of engravings, accompanied with explanations, which are intended to illustrate the morbid anatomy of some of the most important parts of the human body. London: W. Bulmer & Co. for J. Johnson and G. and W. Nicol, 1803. 4 o (333 x 260 mm). 73 engraved plates after watercolor drawings by William Clift (1775-1849) (some minor foxing to a few plates). Contemporary straight-grained russia gilt, spine gilt, gilt arms surmounted by initials "SMM" on covers, top edge gilt, others uncut (some wear to joints and spine). Provenance : Haskell F. Norman (bookplate; his sale part II, Christie's New York, 15 June 1998, lot 266). FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. Although technically an atlas for Baillie's Morbid Anatomy (see previous lot), the work contains extensive descriptive text for each plate and may be appreciated separately. Baillie's A Series of Engravings ... was the first atlas of pathological illustrations. The work was originally published in ten parts from 1799-1802. The complete work, with additional half-title, dedication, and index, was issued in 1803; for this edition, the first part was reprinted in slightly larger type, so that some lines have fewer words and some paragraphs more lines than in the first printing. The plates were prepared from watercolors by William Clift John Hunter's amanuensis and artist-in-residence, who became the first curator of the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons. Clift's personal copy, containing many of the original watercolors, is preserved at the University of Melbourne. The remaining watercolors are at the Royal College of Physicians. Garrison-Morton 2282; Goldschmid, pp. 87-88; Grolier Medicine 51B; NLM/Blake p. 27; Norman 109; Wellcome II, p. 87.
BAILLIE, Matthew. A series of engravings, accompanied with explanations, which are intended to illustrate the morbid anatomy of some of the most important parts of the human body. London: W. Bulmer & Co. for J. Johnson and G. and W. Nicol, 1803.
BAILLIE, Matthew. A series of engravings, accompanied with explanations, which are intended to illustrate the morbid anatomy of some of the most important parts of the human body. London: W. Bulmer & Co. for J. Johnson and G. and W. Nicol, 1803. 4 o (333 x 260 mm). 73 engraved plates after watercolor drawings by William Clift (1775-1849) (some minor foxing to a few plates). Contemporary straight-grained russia gilt, spine gilt, gilt arms surmounted by initials "SMM" on covers, top edge gilt, others uncut (some wear to joints and spine). Provenance : Haskell F. Norman (bookplate; his sale part II, Christie's New York, 15 June 1998, lot 266). FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. Although technically an atlas for Baillie's Morbid Anatomy (see previous lot), the work contains extensive descriptive text for each plate and may be appreciated separately. Baillie's A Series of Engravings ... was the first atlas of pathological illustrations. The work was originally published in ten parts from 1799-1802. The complete work, with additional half-title, dedication, and index, was issued in 1803; for this edition, the first part was reprinted in slightly larger type, so that some lines have fewer words and some paragraphs more lines than in the first printing. The plates were prepared from watercolors by William Clift John Hunter's amanuensis and artist-in-residence, who became the first curator of the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons. Clift's personal copy, containing many of the original watercolors, is preserved at the University of Melbourne. The remaining watercolors are at the Royal College of Physicians. Garrison-Morton 2282; Goldschmid, pp. 87-88; Grolier Medicine 51B; NLM/Blake p. 27; Norman 109; Wellcome II, p. 87.
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