1837 Fine Antique Colour Engraving ANATOMY BRAIN CEREBRAL NERVES (QA3-11)

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1837 - Fine large original antique colour plate published for THE VESSELS OF THE HUMAN BODY; IN A SERIES OF PLATES, WITH REFERENCES AND PHYSIOLOGICAL COMMENTS byJones Quain M.D. and William J E WILSON. Overall excellent condition with some offsetting. Size approx 29cm x 44cm including margins. This item will be sent rolled in a poster tube.Jones Quain(pronounced kwan) (November 1796 andndash; 31 January 1865) was anIrishanatomist, born at Mallow. Quain was Professor of Anatomy and Physiology in the University of London. He was author ofElements of Anatomy, of which the first edition was published in 1828. Quain, born in November 1796, was eldest son of Richard Quain of Ratheahy, co. Cork, by his first wife, a Miss Jones. His grandfather was David Quain of Carrigoon, co. Cork. He received the name of Jones from his mothers family. Richard Quain (1800-1887)was his full brother, and Sir John Richard Quainhis half-brother. Sir Richard Quainwas his first cousin. He began his education in Adairs school at Fermoy. He then entered Trinity College Dublin, where he was elected a Scholarin 1814, then the highest classical distinction. He graduated in arts, and in 1820 he took the degree of bachelor of medicine, though he did not proceed M.D. until 1833. At the close of his college career he visited the continental schools and spent some time in Paris, translating and editing MartinetsManual of Pathology. Quain came to London in 1825 and joined, as one of its anatomical teachers, the Aldersgate SAtreet school of medicinefounded by Frederick Tyrrell. The other teacher of anatomy was William Lawrence. While engaged there he publishedElements of Anatomywhich became a standard text-book in English-speaking countries. An attack of haemoptysisoccurring while he suffered from a dissection wound compelled him to take a rest for two years.Quain accepted in 1831 the office of Professor of General Anatomy at University College, then vacant by the resignation of Granville Sharp Pattison; Richard Quain, his brother, acted as senior demonstrator and lecturer on descriptive anatomy, while Erasmus Wilsonwas his prosector. He was also invited to lecture upon physiology. He resigned his post at University College in 1835, and in the same year he was appointed a member of the senate of the University of London. He lived in retirement during the last twenty years of his life, and chiefly in Paris, devoting himself to literary and scientific pursuits. Quain was an elegant and accomplished scholar, and he was deeply interested in literature as well as science. He died, unmarried, on 31 January 1865, and was buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery(plot no.13693). The obelisk above his grave has now fallen and the inscription is largely obscured.Antique Paper Company are a long established family business selling original antique prints, maps engravings as well as many other paper antiques such as original vintage Decorative Posters, Ephemera, Stamps Postal History, Manuscripts, Antiquarian Books much more. We are always looking to buy and have up to andpound;500,000 in immediate funds available. We are looking for exceptional single items, better collections, original archives, Atlases, Libraries, accumulations etc and have previously purchased from Major Institutions, Libraries, Collectors, Solicitors many other sources. We are happy to travel almost anywhere in the world for the right opportunities. So please do get in touch if you are considering selling your Antique Paper collectables. Seller Inventory # QA3-11-4810359

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