Bell, Bones, Muscles, and Joints, 1810

Engravings of the Bones, Muscles, and Joints Illustrating the First Volume of the Anatomy of the Human Body. By John Bell, Surgeon. Third Edition. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster-Row, and T. Cadell and W. Davies. Strand. 1810. 
 
Modern quarter brown leather with marbled paper over boards. Raised bands and red title labels on spine. Stamped in gold and black. New end papers. Front blank (involved by several scratches and one lacuna) with prior owner's names (one dated 1949). Engraved title a bit foxed. Deckled fore-edges. ½ inch marginal tear at top of plate IX (in Muscles), almost to edge of image. Minimal toning of text leaves. Overall, clean, bright, and tight. Margins ample.  
 
New ffep, later blank, engraved title, main title, (1) xiv, title, 138, blank, modern leaf with brief biographical notes about the Bell family, modern rfep. With 32 plates and 2 figures (15 plates in Bones, 14 plates and 1 figure in Muscles, 3 plates and 1 figure in Joints). Four of the plates are outlines of the corresponding engraved plates. 
 
Bell is a legendary surgeon. The plates are the author’s own work. The brother of Charles Bell, John was the first to ligate the gluteal artery. He also successfully tied the common carotid and the internal iliac arteries. He was a Mary Shelley's physician (though actually a surgeon) for a time.