Five Volumes related to Alexander Munro and his Family: Monro Primus unauthorised Treatise 1786, Monro Primus 'Antatomy' 1768, Commentary on Monro of 1733 (1st Vol.), William Northcote (Plagiarist of Monro ) 1772 and Monro Secundus 1788)
1) MUNRO, Alexander (Primus) (1697-1767) 'Triaté d'anatomie comparée' (Treatise on comparative anatomy). Pub. À PARIS: Rue et Hôtel Serpente. MDCCLXXXVI [1786]. 'New edition', in French, corrected and considerably augmented: with notes. Translated from the English by M. Sue sons. Collation: 12° a12 b8 A-M12 N4 ($1-6 signed) 168 leaves; pp. [6] vii-xxxviii [3] 2-293 [3]. Collation Brief: 12° a12 b8 A-M12 N4 ($1-6 signed) 168 leaves; pp. [6] vii-xxxviii [3] 2-293 [3].
Munro's Essay on comparative anatomy was printed anonymously without his consent in 1744. The first authorised edition was published by Munro (secundus) in 1783. The translation into French is by Jean Joseph Sue, fils (1760-1830).
Full light brown leather with gold embossed title and floral decoration to spine, impressed and gold border, crack to spine, shelf wear, marbled endpapers, red sprayed edges, heavy foxing and tanning to first pages, lessening later. Reference: Russell British Anatomy 597. Bookplate: Ex Libris Anatomica K.F. Russell. (168x96mm)
2) MONRO, Alexander (Primus) (1697-1767) 'Anatomy of the human bones, nerves, and lacteal sac and duct. The eighth edition'. EDINBURGH: Printed for J. Balfour. Sold by him and other booksellers there. MDCCLXVIII [1768]. 8th Ed. Collation: 12° (in sixes) a6(-1) A-2L6 M2(-1) ($1-3 signed) 210 leaves; pp. [3] iv-ix [2] 2- 410. Collation Brief: Title, pp [iii]-ix, 410pp.
Pp.[321]-405 contains 'The anatomy of the human nerves. And a description of the human lacteal sac and duct. The eighth edition. By Alexander Monro ..', with a separate titlepage.
Used KFR copy, but 'The eight (sic) edition'. Also listed as 12mo, but 12mo (in sixes).
Calf binding, in very good condition; some leather bleeding, foxing and tanning. Reference: Russell British Anatomy 577 ESTC T97873. From the library of Lord Sinclair and also from the library of Frederic Wood Jones. Bookplates: Frederic Wood Jones booklabel; Ex Libris Anatomica K.F. Russell.
3) SOCIETY IN EDINBURGH 'Medical essays and observations revised and published by a Society in Edinburgh', Volume I. Pub. EDINBURGH: Printed by T. & W. Ruddimans, for Mr William Monro, Bookseller. Sold by the booksellers in Edinburgh; by Mess. Osborn & Langman, London; and Mess Bruce & South, Dublin. MDCCXXXIII (1733). Collation: Title, pp [iii]-xxviii, 370pp., [l] leaf :: 4 plates.
Contains several papers by Alexander Monro (Primus).
Five volumes (in six) of this journal were published between 1733 and 1744. 1733 Vol 1, printed dedication to Hans Sloane.
Rebind light brown buckram cover with gold embossed title to spine, some tanning and foxing, minor corner curling and chipping. Reference: ESTC T127874 (195x120mm)
4) NORTHCOTE, William (d1783) 'A concise history of anatomy from the earliest ages of antiquity'. Pub. LONDON: Printed for T. Evans, No 54 Pater-noster-Row. MDCCLXXII (1772). This is a photographic reproduction of the copy in the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (Cowlishaw Collection) March 1961. Collation Brief: Title, [1] leaf, 176pp.
By an obscure naval surgeon this book is a word for word plagiarism of the lecture on the history of anatomy given by Alexander Monro (Primus) the manuscript of which is in the Otago Medical School Library (Monro MS166). See Russell 640 for discussion on this plagiarism.
Blue Buckram, with gold embossed title to spine, minor tanning and foxing to endpapers, penned script to inside cover. References: Russell British Anatomy 640 and ESTC N6031. Bookplate: Ex Libris Anatomica K.F. Russell (215x135mm)
5) MONRO Secundus, Alexander 'A Description of all the Bursae Mucosae of the Human Body; their structure explained, and compared with that of the capsular ligaments of the joints, and of those sacs which line the cavities of the thorax and abdomen; with remarks on the accidents and diseases which affect those several sacs, and on the operations necessary for their cure'. EDINBURGH: printed for C. Elliot, T. Kay and Co. No.332 opposite Somerset Place, Strand London and for Charles Elliot Edinburgh 1788, 60pp plus 10 plates.
Monro the younger was a Scottish anatomist, physician and educator.
Taupe board with taped spine, some tanning and foxing to endpapers, inner pages more less tanning, some waving, 5cm tear and mark to table III where it has previously been damaged, repair marks to table 5, some water stains to edges, some waving. Bookplate: Ex Libris Anatomica KF Russell (250x395mm)
PROVENANCE:
Collection Late Kenneth F. Russell (1911-1987), Professor of Anatomy and Medical History, University of Melbourne.
Estimate $400-500