Two Volumes on Osteology by Frederick Oldfield Ward (1876) and Bransby Blake Cooper (1884)
1) WARD, Frederick Oldfield (1818-1877) 'Outlines of Human Osteology'
Pub. Henry Renshaw, 356 Strand, London 1876, printed by Savill, Edwards & Co Printers, Chandos Street, Covent Garden. 3rd edition, 368pp.
As a medical student, Ward described the structure of the proximal femur, creating much discussion.
Impressed 'Renshaw's Manuals' Buckram Cover 'with gold embossed title to spine, some flecking and wear, red sprayed edges, minor foxing and tanning, script to front end page, 'Henry Kimpton Medical Bookseller' tag, and Renshaw's Manual' advertisement pasted on endpaper. Ex Libris Anatomica ZKF Russell Bookplate, Henry Kimpton Bookseller tag, owner's name to title page. (105x170mm)
2) COOPER, Bransby Blake (1792-1853) 'Lectures on Osteology, includes the Ligaments which connect the bones of the Human Skeleton'.
Pub. London: Samuel Highley, 32 Fleet Street 1844, 272pp plus adverts.
Bransby Cooper was an army surgeon who studied under his uncle Astley Cooper and was elected President of the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh and then appointed Chair of Anatomy and eventually Surgeon of Guy's Hospital. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1829 and became Arris & Gale Professor of Human Anatomy and Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Member of the Council & Hunterian Orator.
Impressed dark brown board with gold leaf title to spine, cracked spine cover and chipped, some foxing, tanning and spots throughout.
Ex - 'Medical Society of Victoria' (stamp to title page), 'William Jones' name to title page. Ex Libris Anatomica K.F. Russell Bookplate, advert pasted to endpaper (140x230mm)

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

Estimate $150-200