Oct 27, 2015 - Sale 2395

Sale 2395 - Lot 322

Price Realized: $ 4,250
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Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
CRUVEILHIER, JEAN. Anatomie Pathologique du Corps Humain. 233 lithographed plates on 231 leaves, the majority hand-colored. 40 parts in 2 volumes. Folio, 456x295 mm, contemporary russia gilt, rebacked, covers detached, small stain on Volume 2 front cover; some colored plates toned and offset, light to moderate foxing of text in Volume 1, plate 4 in part 7 restored in blank upper outer corner, foxing on plates 5 in part 10, 6 in part 15, and 6 in part 38, half-titles lacking, Rush Medical College Library stamp and ink accession number on titles; cloth dust jackets and slipcases. Paris: J.-B. Baillière, 1829-42

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first edition of a monumental atlas of pathological anatomy. Garrison-Morton 2286 ("one of the greatest works of its kind"); Norman 538.