BELL, Sir Charles (1774-1842). Illustrations of the great operations of surgery, trepan, hernia, amputation, aneurism and lithotomy . London: A. and R. Spottiswoode for Longman and others, n.d. [c. 1830]. 4 o (274 x 374 mm). 20 plates, all but 3 with full or partial hand-coloring, etched by Thomas Landseer after the author's drawings (some leaves foxed and browned). Original quarter morocco, green cloth covered boards with gilt-lettered label on upper cover (corners and edges worn). FIRST EDITION, second issue. One of the most dramatic and most beautifully illustrated books in the entire literature of surgery. Garrison-Morton 5588; Waller 857; Wellcome II, p. 136; Norman 174. -- BELL. Essays on the anatomy of expression in painting . London: C. Whittingham for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806. 4 o (313 x 252 mm). 6 engraved plates by John Stewart and stipple-engraved text illustrations after drawings by the author (minor foxing to some plates). Original blue boards, printed label on upper cover (some wear to joints). FIRST EDITION. Bell's artistic skills and his knowledge of physiology and anatomy were combined in this study of facial expression, which Charles Darwin wrote "laid the foundations of the subject as a branch of science". Garrison-Morton 6604.92; Wellcome II, 135; Norman 170. (2)
BELL, Sir Charles (1774-1842). Illustrations of the great operations of surgery, trepan, hernia, amputation, aneurism and lithotomy . London: A. and R. Spottiswoode for Longman and others, n.d. [c. 1830]. 4 o (274 x 374 mm). 20 plates, all but 3 with full or partial hand-coloring, etched by Thomas Landseer after the author's drawings (some leaves foxed and browned). Original quarter morocco, green cloth covered boards with gilt-lettered label on upper cover (corners and edges worn). FIRST EDITION, second issue. One of the most dramatic and most beautifully illustrated books in the entire literature of surgery. Garrison-Morton 5588; Waller 857; Wellcome II, p. 136; Norman 174. -- BELL. Essays on the anatomy of expression in painting . London: C. Whittingham for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806. 4 o (313 x 252 mm). 6 engraved plates by John Stewart and stipple-engraved text illustrations after drawings by the author (minor foxing to some plates). Original blue boards, printed label on upper cover (some wear to joints). FIRST EDITION. Bell's artistic skills and his knowledge of physiology and anatomy were combined in this study of facial expression, which Charles Darwin wrote "laid the foundations of the subject as a branch of science". Garrison-Morton 6604.92; Wellcome II, 135; Norman 170. (2)
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