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VG+. SCARCE - Original surviving condition. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, 1859. Full ORIGINAL LEATHER tan calfskin. Gilt titled spine (black panel), 6-rib binding. 754pp. + 80pp of Blanchard & Lea advertisements of their other medical and natural sciences publications. Two thin calf-strips front-board. Post name ffep (E.K Goodell; being Dr. Goodell of Williams College - graduated 1865). Front endpaper slight break with binding solid and intact. Book is unmarked throughout. There are 363 engravings. This is the very scarce First American Edition, published with important amendments and additions, best improved practitioner information. Right after the acclaimed British 1st edition, this is the next most important printing. This volume includes a Publishers' Notice of "improved typographical corrections from the latest British edition the year previous, including a 'revised 'more convenient' Index, with every attention to accuracy and confidence for use by medical educators and students." An incredibly rare excellent condition American book for the medical historian or new physician or Medical Archive Collection. An American medical publication without peer for the era. Interior is in superior condition. It was published just before the American Civil War and was available during that conflict, being of timely importance to have an impact on medical military field care of the grievously wounded brave soldiers in both armies, needing the best available care after battles. Great changes in medical care were aided by this book's availability at the time. An exceedingly important and scarce surviving memento of American history. Please contact for questions or images. The book was acquired from the estate of an American US Navy Submarine Service physician - collector of historical medical texts. [Special volumes shelf - B86].

'Gray's Anatomy' is a comprehensive anatomy book, featuring detailed illustrations and descriptions of the human body.