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    • Anatomy.- Read (Alexander) Somatographia Anthropine, or a Description of the Body of Man by Artificial Figures Representing the Members, first edition, W. Iaggard, 1616.
      Nov. 28, 2024

      Anatomy.- Read (Alexander) Somatographia Anthropine, or a Description of the Body of Man by Artificial Figures Representing the Members, first edition, W. Iaggard, 1616.

      Est: £300 - £500

      Anatomy.- Read (Alexander) Somatographia Anthropine, or a Description of the Body of Man by Artificial Figures Representing the Members, first edition, woodcut illustrations throughout, faded ink ownership inscriptions, lacking initial blank, lacking gathering C & H, R1 & R8 and all after X1, S1 & S2 closed tears, staining and browning throughout, fraying at edges, 17th century calf, worn, with a few portions lost, [c.f. STC 20782], 8vo, W. Iaggard, 1616.  *** First edition of this abridged version of Helkiah Crooke's much longer 'Mikrokosmographia' (1615), requested by the publisher and re-using some of the woodcuts.

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    • Plastic Surgery.- Read (Alexander) Chirurgorum Comes: or the Whole Practice of Chirurgery, first edition, Printed by Edw. Jones, for Christopher Wilkinson, 1687.
      Sep. 28, 2023

      Plastic Surgery.- Read (Alexander) Chirurgorum Comes: or the Whole Practice of Chirurgery, first edition, Printed by Edw. Jones, for Christopher Wilkinson, 1687.

      Est: £800 - £1,200

      Plastic Surgery.- Read (Alexander) Chirurgorum Comes: or the Whole Practice of Chirurgery, first edition, engraved plate of surgical instruments (light finger-soiling), title with inkstamps and silked at fore-edge, B1 with repaired tear affecting a few letters, a few other short tears without loss, F4v with small paper repair to lower margin, printing flaw to R8, bound a little tight with text just disappearing into gutter, a few headlines shaved, lightly browned, occasional light spotting, a couple small stains or abrasion marks obscuring a few letters, modern mottled calf, spine gilt and with red morocco label, [Wing R427], 8vo, Printed by Edw. Jones, for Christopher Wilkinson, 1687. ⁂ Seldom found complete with the plate. Includes a summary of Tagliacozzi's pioneering work on plastic surgery, first published in 1597, and here described on p.645 and onwards. This one of two issues of 1687 with different imprint.

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    • Plastic Surgery.- Read (Alexander) Chirurgorum comes: or the Whole Practice of Chirurgery..., by Edw. Jones for Christopher Wilkinson, 1687 & others (11)
      May. 05, 2022

      Plastic Surgery.- Read (Alexander) Chirurgorum comes: or the Whole Practice of Chirurgery..., by Edw. Jones for Christopher Wilkinson, 1687 & others (11)

      Est: £300 - £500

      Plastic Surgery.- Read (Alexander) Chirurgorum comes: or the Whole Practice of Chirurgery..., lacking engraved plate of instruments (supplied in good facsimile), contemporary ink signature to title and old notes to front free endpaper, rather water- and damp-stained particularly towards end, final leaf frayed with hole and some loss, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and repaired, [Wing R427; Wellcome IV, 483], by Edw. Jones for Christopher Wilkinson, 1687 § Richter (A.G.) Anfangsgründe der Wundarzneykunst, 7 vol., mixed set of second and third editions, 45 engraved plates of instruments and equipment, browned, ex-library copy with stamp to titles, contemporary half calf, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked, most preserving old spines, Gottingen, 1799-1804; and 3 others on plastic surgery, 8vo & 4to (11) ⁂ The first item includes the first English translation of Tagliacozzi's text on plastic surgery.

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    • Read, Alexander
      Jan. 11, 2012

      Read, Alexander

      Est: £300 - £400

      Read, Alexander The manuall of the anatomy or dissection of the body of man. London: T. Newcomb for Richard Thrale, 1650. Fourth edition, 12mo, [10], 446, [12], additional engraved title and 5 engraved plates, eighteenth century calf, I11 torn without loss, slightly spotted, library stamp to title, rubbed, upper cover detached

      Lyon & Turnbull
    • Read, Alexander
      Jan. 11, 2012

      Read, Alexander

      Est: £300 - £400

      Read, Alexander A treatise of the first part of chirurgerie. London: J. Haviland for Francis Constable, 1638. 4to, [8], 247, 18th century inscription at head of title, contemporary calf, corner torn from title just affecting date, several library stamps, Ii1 torn without loss, dampstaining and spotting, worn, joint split

      Lyon & Turnbull
    • Read, Alexander
      Jan. 11, 2012

      Read, Alexander

      Est: £400 - £600

      Read, Alexander The workes of that famous physitian. London: E.T. for Richard Thrale, 1659. Third edition, 4to, [14], 524, [8], contemporary calf, inscription on title "Spes mea Christuf Hol. ed dono FRatris, mai 1619 nye [and] R. Nye", spotted, some stains, rubbed, one cover detached

      Lyon & Turnbull
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