Rare and Unusual Books

Published: London, J & A Churchill,
Date: 1879, 2nd ed.
Description: 10pp, 55 plates, some coloured, with narrative on opposite page. vi pp appendix and 24pp publisher's adverts. Gilt decorated and lettered cloth, 22x15. Owner's signature inside front cover, faint wear to spine edge, very nice copy.
Notes: Beautiful plates with colour used to indicate air and water flow. Some of the illustrations are quite strange, almost surreal. The author was Surgeon to Leeds General Infirmary. Nice copy of an attractive book.
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Price: £65.00