Traité Complet De l'Anatomie De l'Homme.. Dr Jean-marc Bourgery, Paris Par L. Guérin. 1866-1867

Traité complet de l'anatomie de l'homme par le Dr Jean-Marc Bourgery, illustré par N.H. Jacob (avec Claude Bernard), Paris par L. Guérin. 1866-1867.

Spines with raised bands ornamented with gilt fillet compartments, gilt heads. Copy comprising a total of 750 plates outside the text (59 for Volume I, 100 for Volume II, 115 for Volume III, 98 for Volume IV, 96 for Volume V, 93 for Volume VI, 98 for Volume VII, 24 for Volume VII bis, and 67 for Volume VIII). Second corrected edition of this remarkable work, a true monument of nineteenth-century anatomical science. The drawings, executed with great finesse, are the work of Bougery and Nicolas Henri Jacob.

9 volumes, folio (16,81x12,40in

Private collection

Defects and tears to the spines. Transparent adhesive tape applied to the spines. Adhesive tape present on some internal pages. Some staining and browning. Nonetheless, a genuine and complete copy, extremely rare to find in all nine volumes.