Three Volumes on Disorders and Diseases of the Teeth: John Ashburner (1834) and Thomas Bell First & Second Editions (1829 & 1835)
1) ASHBURNER, John, M.D. 'On Definition, and Some Coincident Disorders'
Pub. LONDON: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman 1834, printed by W. Wilson, 57 Skinner Street London 235pp.
Ashburner was a member of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Purple buckram, gold title to spine, some foxing and tanning, some folding and tears to base of p111 - p127. 'HK 44', 'EG22',' JF Colyer A33' initials on first pages, Bookplate: Ex Libris Anatomica K.F. Russell (100x155mm)
2) BELL, Thomas 'The Anatomy, Physiology and Diseases of the Teeth' Second Edition, pub. LONDON: S. Highley, 32 Fleet Street 1835, 332pp.
Bell (1792-1880) was a lecturer and dental surgeon at St Guy's Hospital London.
Impressed blue buckram, with gold embossed title to spine, yellow endpapers 'JB Hay' scripted, some heavy foxing and tanning, binding loose and cracked but intact, some marks shelf wear, bites out of descriptive page for Plate IX & X, adverts to front pages, 11 Plates, foxing. Bookplate: Ex Libris Anatomica K.F. Russell (140x230mm)
3) BELL, Thomas 'The Anatomy, Physiology and Diseases of the Teeth'
Pub. S. Highley 174 Fleet Street and Webb Street, Maze Pond, Borough, and D. Lizars, Edinburgh, 1829, printed by Gunnell and Shearman, 13 Salisbury Square, 329pp.
Quarter leather and marbled borders, gold title to spine, spine crumbling, water patches to the top of the pages throughout, illustration shadowing, foxing and tanning. Bookplate: Ex Libris Anatomica K.F. Russell (130x215mm)


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

Estimate $200-250