William Hunter M.D.. Medical Commentaries. Part I. Containing a Plain and Direct Answer to Professor Monro jun. Interspersed with Remarks on the Structure, Functions, and Diseases of Several Parts of the Human Body. Printed by A. Hamilton, and sold by Mr A. Millar, in the Strand, London, 1762.

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Description: Reduced Pricenbsp;First edition bound in half brown sheepskin with marbled boards. Rear board has some scuff marks and light shelf wear but is otherwise bright and sharp. There is some worming to a few pages, marginal, brittle surrounding edges. Some expected browning to pages, the odd manuscript corrections in ink. Four engraved plates present as called for. Contemporary inscription in ink to title page of John Anderson. Possibly John Anderson (1804), English physician and author of three works, the most well known is 'A Practical Essay on the Good and Bad Effects of SeaWater and SeaBathing', 1795. Overall very good condition. Dr William Hunter was a Scottish anatomist and physician. He is now perhaps best known after the 2010 controversy where it was suggested that Hunter and his contemporaries would murder pregnant woman for their studies, which has since been disproven. This work is a vehicle for Hunter to defend his priority in discovering the lymphatic vessels over Alexander Munro. It also contains anatomical descriptions and four engraved plates by his brother John Hunter, an equally famous surgeon. This is the first edition of part one of Hunter's medical commentaries. The second part was only published posthumously by his brother. An interesting and important work, relatively scarce and this copy is collectable with the fascinating possible provenance.

Seller: St Marys Books And Prints, Stamford, United Kingdom

HUNTER (William). Medical Commentaries. Part I. Containing a Plain and Direct Answer tp Professor Monro jun. Interspersed with Remarks on the Structure, Functions and Diseases of Several Parts of the Human Body.. London: Printed by A. Hamilton, 1762.

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Description: First edition, 4to (234 x 185 mm), part I [all published], vii, [1], 103, [1]pp., 4 engraved plates, title and final leaf a little spotted, some light toning to text, recent half calf, marbled boards, spine tooled in gilt and blind, morocco label lettered in gilt. All published of this important work in which Hunter defended his priority in the discovery of the lymphatic vessels against the claims of Alexander Monro (Secundus). Hunter made his discovery about the lymphatic vessels in 1746, and while Monro claimed priority his observations were not published until 1755. Wellcome III, p.319.

Seller: Forest Books, ABA-ILAB, Grantham, LINCS, United Kingdom

HUNTER, William.. Medical Commentaries. Part I. Remarks on the Structure, Functions, and Diseases of Several Parts of the Human Body.. Printed by A. Hamilton, London, 1762.

Price: US$1000.00 + shipping

Description: viii, 113 pp. Four engraved plates. 4to, original boards with printed paper label on spine. First edition. Front board detached; old ink signature; some scattered foxing.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

HUNTER, William.. Medical Commentaries. Part I. Remarks on the Structure, Functions, and Diseases of Several Parts of the Human Body. [Bound with]: A Supplement to the First Part of Medical Commentaries. (All published.). Printed by A. Hamilton, London, 1762.

Price: US$2500.00 + shipping

Description: 2 works in 1 volume. Four engraved plates. Quarto, Later old half sheep and marbled boards. First edition. Engraved bookplates; 18th c. surgeon's gift inscription on verso of the title page; old medical association stamp on several pages including the title page; some light dust-soiling; light rubbing to the binding at extremities; but a very nice copy.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.