[Rarebooks] FS - Bell's ENGRAVINGS

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BELL, Charles./ ENGRAVINGS OF THE ARTERIES, ILLUSTRATING THE SECOND 
VOLUME OF THE ANATOMY OF THE HUMAN BODY, BY J. BELL, SURGEON/. Bound in 
patterned green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Published by T. N. 
Longman and O. Rees, London. 1801. 1st edition. Small 4to, pp. [4], 49. 
[2]. The boards are a bit bumped, and show very light soiling & a touch 
of rubbing. Hinges and joints tight: very good condition.

Sir Charles Bell (1774-1842), discoverer of the distinct function of 
nerves, was educated at Edinburgh, and published, inter alia, /A System 
of Dissection/s (1798) which, like this title, he illustrated with his 
own engravings. The "J. Bell" referred to in the title, was his brother, 
John Bell (1763-1820), who was a surgeon, and author of the book these 
plates were meant to illustrate. This copy bears the signature, near the 
top right of the title page, of George Bullen (1816-1894), the keeper of 
printed books at the British Museum, as well as a presentation 
inscription,dated 1957, from Noel R. Rawson, to Dr. Robert Beamish (late 
editor of The Canadian Journal of Cardiology). There is a Latin 
inscription in ink, to the bottom edge of page 7, perhaps in the hand of 
George Bullen. All ten finely-detailed engravings, each drawn by Charles 
Bell, are present and delicately coloured. What is even more 
extraordinary is the presence of what one must presume are two tabbed-in 
original water colour paintings, byCharles Bell, of plates I and II, 
from which the plates for this book were engraved. Plate I (Fore and 
Back Views of the Heart) is hand-drawn and coloured, with each principal 
vein, or artery, lettered by hand with the corresponding brief 
description, also lettered by hand. Plate II (The Diaphragm) is folded 
at the bottom and right side, and is somewhat larger, with two small 
pieces missing from the top edge (with resultant lack of a few 
hand-letterd words). The engraved plates are protected by tissue 
guard,now quite foxed. The book concludes with a page of ads, and an 
errata page. (031109)

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