Description
FIRST EDITION, folio, pp. [viii], cols. 88 + 21 hand-coloured plates mostly by William Fairland. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, red morocco label to spine. Some foxing and light soiling, each plate mounted on cloth. Recently recased with hinges relined, joints and extremities worn and chipped, flyleaf creased and repaired. Stamps of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland to title-page and blank area of several other leaves (dispersed between 2011 and 2015).