AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON HUMAN ANATOMY by LEIDY 1861 1st EDIT CIVIL WAR ANTIQUE

  

An Elementary Treatise on Human Anatomy. -- renowned scientist and paleontologist. 392 B/W illustrations --- illustrations are in excellent condition.

Choice copy of a 1st edition Civil War medical book published in 1861 by J. Over 150 years old, book is in Very Good condition --- solid binding --- clean pages. Leather bound --- spine with raised bands, black title box and gold lettering and tooling. Endpapers with patterned paper and publisher's advertising. Cover with wear and scuffing to leather, heavier at corners and along spine hinges --- soiling --- couple of shallow indents on front.

2 upper corners bumped --- name in ink on a blank front page. Paper at gutter of front and rear endpapers broken, but covers solidly attached ---endpapers with foxing/toning and front pastedown with a bookplate. Interior Very Good and nicer than cover --- 663 pp. -- pages unmarked--- no foxing, but a couple of pages with light soiling in margin --- no loose pages.

Around 6 1/4" x 9 1/8" x 1 7/8 and weighs 2 1/2 lbs.