Monro, System of Anatomy, 1791

A System of Anatomy and Physiology, with the Comparative Anatomy of Animals. Compiled from the Latest and Best Authors, and Arranged, as Nearly as the Work Would Admit, in the Order of the Lectures Delivered in the University of Edinburgh, In Three Volumes. With a complete Index to each Volume. A New Edition, with Additions, Corrections, and Notes; Illustrated with Twenty Copperplates. Edinburgh: Printed for William Creech; and Sold in London by G. G. and J. J. Robinsons; Paternoster-Row. 1791.
 
Complete. Volume First. Volume Second. Volume Third.
 
Three volumes in full brown tree calf with red title plates and raised bands on spines. Faint red page edges.
 
Vol 1
Corners bumped and scuffed. Mild shelf wear. Bottom edge of spine chipped. Front hinge starting to crack exteriorly but board still firmly attached. Book plate (James Tait Goodrich) on front paste down. Very small stain on pg 468. Foxing is very rare. A clean, bright, tight, and remarkably fresh copy--seemingly unread, with no internal marks. 2 blanks, half title, full title, v - viii Dedication, ix - xiii Contents, xv - xxxii Introduction, A (p 1) title, 2 - 4 To the Students, 5 - 487 text and plates, 489 - 506 Index, 2 pp Advertisements, 1 blank.
 
Part I: osteology, Part II: myology, Part III: Eight Anatomical Tables (after Albinus, with explanations by John Innes) plus two additional tables. Part IV cartilage & ligaments. Part V integuments.
 
Tab I precedes p 397 and Tab X precedes p 427. All 10 plates present. Tab VI bound slightly askew resulting in a slightly roughened fore-edge which sticks out beyond the rest of the block. 
 
Vol 2 
Corners bumped and slightly scuffed. Front hinge superficially beginning to crack exteriorly but board still holding tight. Mild shelf wear. Book plate (James Tait Goodrich) on front paste down. Top corner of title page folded. Tear of corner p 21/22. Faint transparent damp stain, partially involving text and all plates, spreading inward from fore-edge at pp 23 - 165, 176 - 186, 348 - 369, and all four plates with their textual explanations. Otherwise only rare foci of foxing, minute stains, and very rare corner folds and small tears not involving text. Otherwise, clean, bright, and tight. Leaves crisp and corners not thumbed. A seemingly unread copy with no internal markings.
 
2 blanks, half title, full title, 1 - 8 Contents, 1 - 463 text and plates, 463 - 471 index, blank.
 
Part VI: viscera (including brain, eyes, “blood and juices,” etc.)
 
Tab XI - XIV, with explanations bound at end of text, before index.
 
Vol 3
Corners bumped and scuffed, focal worming of leather. Top edge of spine partially chipped. Mild shelf wear. Front and rear hinges beginning to superficially crack, but boards secure. Book plate (James Tait Goodrich) on front paste down. A few corners folded. Rare mild small stains, mostly marginal. Otherwise strikingly fresh, clean, bright, and tight throughout. Seemingly an unread and unmarked copy.
 
3 blanks, half title, title, 1 - 2 contents, 3 - 447 text and plates, 449 - 467 index, 2 blanks.
 
Pg 3: Part VI (viscera continued, including conception, and Life & Death), Part VII: nerves. Pg 314: comparative anatomy, Pg 443: bursae mucosae.
 
Tab XV and XVI between p 188 & 189. Tab XVI bound slightly askew resulting in a slightly roughened fore-edge which sticks out beyond the rest of the block. XVII follows p 202. XVIII follows 218, XIX follows 310, XX follows p312.
 
20 copper plates present, as called for.
 
Measures: 8 ½ x 5 ½ x 1 ½ inches.
 
The author references others such as Cowper, Winslow, Valsalva, Haller, Monro, Sommering, Pacchioni, Zinn, Harvey, Hunter, Vesalius. Not in Garrison-Morton.