Two English Medical Volumes by Thomas Gibson (1703) and William Saunders (1767)
1) GIBSON, Thomas (1647-1722), 'The anatomy of the human body epitomized. Wherein all parts of man's body, with their action and uses, are succinctly described according to the newest doctrine of the most accurate and learned modern anatomists'. Pub. LONDON: printed by T.W. for Awnsham and John Churchill, at the Black Swan in Pater-noster-Row, 1703. The sixth edition corrected and improved, both in the discourse and figures. Collation: 8°, A-2S8 ($1-4 signed) 328 leaves; [16] i-vii [1] 1-632. Collation Brief: Imprimatur, title, [6]leaves, viipp, 632pp, :: 20 plates. 20 plates. Tipped in illustrations facing: C7r, E2r, F2r, K1r, K8r, L1v, M1r, N1v, P1r, R8v, Y7v, Z4v, 2A2v, 2A5v, 2E6v, 2F1r, 2G2r, 2H2v, 2O5r, 2S4v.
Gibson was born in Brampton in Westmoreland, He graduated M.D. at Leyden in 1675. He was physician-general to the Army (appointed in 1718-19). Gibson's book was first published anonymously 'By a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians London' in 1892. Other editions were 1684, 1688, 1694, 1697, 1703, 1716, and 1721.
Original impressed brown full leather cover, with rebound leather spine and gold embossed title, script to first leaf, leather bleeding, marks, foxing and tanning, shelf wear. References: Russell, British Anatomy 319 & ESTC T60561 & Dawson's in cat. 281 (1980) lists a copy at £265. Signatures of Wm Boddington and Wm Brooke. From the library of Frederic Wood Jones. Bookplates: Frederic Wood Jones book label and Ex Libris Anatomica K.F. Russell (192x120mm)
2) SAUNDERS, William (1743-1817) 'Compendium medicinæ practicum ad prælectiones accommodatum' (Compendium of practical medicine adapted to lectures). Pub. LONDONI 1767 (uncertain publisher, possibly J. Richardson. Collation: 12° A6 B-G12 ($1-6 signed; -A2; A4 signed A5) 78 leaves; pp. [2] iii-v [1] vii-x [2] 1-144. Collation Brief: Title, pp iii-x, [1]leaf, 144pp.
Saunders was a prominent London physician who wrote extensively. He was appointed physician extraordinary to the Prince Regent 1807.
Full red leather with gold embossed Greek key design and floral border, title to spine; dentelles, marbled endpapers, foxing, tanning with some marks, shelf wear; contents re-cased as a remboîtage. Signature and bookplate of Sir Thomas Fitzgerald. Reference: ESTC T184574. Only one location given. Bookplates: Sir Thomas Fitzgerald and Ex Libris K.F. Russell (165x104mm)



PROVENANCE:
Collection Late Kenneth F. Russell (1911-1987), Professor of Anatomy and Medical History, University of Melbourne.

Estimate $300-400