MONRO (Alexander) - Lot 895

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MONRO (Alexander) - Lot 895
MONRO (Alexander) Treatise on Osteology where we have added plates in intaglio which represent all the bones of the adult and the foetus in their natural state, with their explanations. By M. SUE Paris, Cavelier, 1759. 2 parts in one volume in plano : frontispiece (by J.B.M. Pierre, engraved by N. Dupuis), 1f., XXXII, 212pp. - 213-317pp. (explanations of the plates) and 62 plates engraved in intaglio by TORSIS (numbered XXXI in two states). Printed on strong paper specially made for the edition. Contemporary fawn calf, spine ribbed and richly decorated, triple fillet on the boards, gilt roulette on the edges, edges gilt. A superb copy. First French edition translated by J.J. Sue, son of Eugène Sue. A rare and monumental work of anatomy.
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