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London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1837. Third edition, enlarged (hardback). 8vo (22cm by 14cm), viii, xl, 506pp. Half brown calf, marbled boards, black morocco title label to the spine. The joints are cracking but holding, and there is some staining of the preliminary pages. Overall, this book is in good condition. This edition is considerably enlarged (compared to the editions of 1786 and 1792), but does not contain any illustrations.

London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans. 1837. 3rd ed., 8vo., pp.xl, 506, incl Index, small mark to p.466, half leather, marbled bds, cnrs bumped, edges rubbed, clean, very good copy The successful surgeon who commanded high fees for his services; and the compulsive collector whose bottled preparations, dried specimens, and Earls Court menagerie, though ridiculed by many of his colleagues, attracted foreign naturalists on their visits to London. Through it he had become a friend of and consultant to both Sir Joseph Banks and Captain James Cook on their return with their treasures in 1771 from their long exploratory trip in the south Pacific. Hunter subsequently served future expeditions as an adviser on what to collect, how to collect, preserve, and analyse the more remarkable natural history specimens acquired. [Oxford] 3rd edition. Half leather.

Philadelphia: Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell, 1840. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, [4], 7-479 pp. Good; rebound in modern black cloth with some surface marks to covers and light wear to spine edges and corners; binding tight; text block age-toned; foxing to pages throughout; MF consignment. 1356819. Special Collections.

This is an original 1840 hardback in only fair condition. 479 pages. The covers are worn and chipped (see the photos). Inside all of the text is clean but there is a lot of foxing throughout the book. All kinds of interesting topics are discussed - see the table of contents in the photos. The book also has 36 pages of vintage ads in the back, mostly medically related. Do you know what Dengue is? (HL001)

London: Sold at No. 13, Castle-Street, London. 1786. 1st ed., quarto, later half leather binding with marbled sides, raised bands, gilt ttle label, pages edges marbled, pp (iv), vi, 225. Complete with 18 engraved plates. Inscribed "From the Author". Ownership signature (W. Sandford). Foxing to the edges of some plates, mainly the plate facing p. 139. Overall very clean and in very good condition. First edition of important early work by John Hunter, the celebrated surgeon and scientist who helped modernise medicine, and particularly the study of anatomy. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1767, and the Hunterian Museum is named after him. 1st Edition.