3 Volumes on Anatomy by Sir William JE Wilson & Jones Quain (1832, 1838 & 1840)
1) QUAIN, Jones (1796-1865) 'The Elements of Anatomy'. Pub. LONDON: Printed for John Taylor, 1832, Second Edition. Collation: Title, pp [iii]-xxx, 812pp, errata slip.
Quain began teaching anatomy in London in 1825. Professor of Anatomy at University College, London 1831-1836. The first edition was 1828. It was frequently edited and translated.
Full leather with title to spine, shelf wear with marks, loose cover, small hole in end paper, foxing and tanning. Signatures: Henry W White 1879 on 3 pages. Bookplate: Ex Libris Anatomica KF Russell (213x130mm)
2) WILSON, Sir William James Erasmus (1809-1884) 'Practical and Surgical Anatomy'. Pub. LONDON: Printed for Longman, Orme, Green & Longman, 1838. Collation: Title, pp[iii]-xxvi, 492pp :: 50 illustrations.
Erasmus Wilson was demonstrator in anatomy in London. There he devoted himself to dermatology in which he made a fortune. He paid for Cleopatra's needle to be shipped from Egypt to London. He was an original fellow of the RCS and president in 1881.
Half leather with marbled boards, shelf wear, signature cut from title page, pencil notes to first few pages, tanning and foxing, vignette diagrams scattered throughout. Bookplates: Ex Libris Anatomica KF Russell (184x106mm).
3) QUAIN, Jones & WILSON, W J Erasmus (eds.) 'The Viscera of the Human Body; including The Organs of Digestion, Respiration, Secretion, and Excretion in a series of plates with references and Physiological comments' Pub. LONDON: Printed for Taylor and Walton, 1840. Collation: Title, 1 leaf [advert] 68pp, 32plates. Vol 4 of 5.
The volume consists of 5 divisions: the muscles, the heart & vessels, the brain and spinal marrow, the viscera, the bones and ligaments.
Cloth Cover, poor condition; heavily used with marks and tears, gold embossed title, New England University College Edward Ford Bookplate & Russell, water damage, rough edges, foxing, tanning, many pages loose, plate 16 - 10cm tear, plate 28 - 15cm tear, plate 16 - 11cm tear, pencil notes by owner present, graphic colour images.
Owners: Edwards Ford. Bookplates: Ex Libris Anatomica KF Russell (520x330mm)
PROVENANCE:
Collection Late Kenneth F. Russell (1911-1987), Professor of Anatomy and Medical History, University of Melbourne.
Estimate $500-700