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Two volumes including Supplement. Large Folio (c. 540 x 360 mm). [4], [16]; [4], [18] pp. First volume with title- and dedication leaf, 8 hand-coloured lithographed plates with superimposed hand-colored lithographed paper flaps, each plate with explanatory leaf of text. Prospectus for Supplement tipped to title and flyer for Tuson's lecture course mounted on front pastedown. Original cloth-backed boards with paper label to upper cover (rubbed and heavily stained, spine torn and frayed, binding weak). Plate 6 lacking flaps A & B; plate 1 with one flap detached. Light water-staining at end slightly affecting detached final plate. The Supplement with title- and dedication leaf, 9 hand-colored lithographed plates with multiple superimposed hand-colored lithographed paper flaps, each with explanatory leaf of text. Contemporary half calf (rubbed, spine torn and chipped, binding weak). Plate 2 slightly shaved at fore-edge and with one flap torn without loss; one small flap of plate 7 detached and tipped in at beginning, first two plates with short tear to fore-edge, the first affecting image but without loss. Both volumes rather dust-soiled internally and with a few spots or small stains. Provenance: Herny R. Burton (ink inscription to front pastedown of 1st vol.: "the gift of George Alfred Davenport, September 1st 1840"). A very good, non-uniform set comprising 17 plates with a total of more than 200 movable flaps. ---- SECOND EDITION of the Myology and FIRST EDITION of the Supplement. Tuson was a protégé of Astley Cooper and succeeded Charles Bell as surgeon at the Middlesex Hospital. His Myology was the largest and most complex nineteenth century medical book using the technique of lift-up flaps to simulate dissection. All the small parts had to be printed separately, and cut out before being placed in position, and the color detail was done by hand. Given the difficulties of production, the edition was undoubtedly small. The printing of the lithographs was done by Hullmandel, pioneer in the field of lithography in England. "'This Explanatory System of Myology is intended to facilitate the acquirements and retention of anatomical knowledge' states the author, who was a lecturer on Anatomy and Physiology, a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in London, and at one time, House Surgeon to the Middlesex Hospital. The 8 lithographs, each with moveable flaps, were drawn by F.R. Say. They depict layers of muscles which are explained in an accompanying full-page printed description. Tuson's method of anatomic illustration is in the tradition of Johann Remmelin. A rare and extremely interesting Anatomy. This unusual teaching atlas depicts the various systems of somatic musculature in colored lithographs printed on flaps and mounted layer-like on figures of the skeleton. It is a striking and effective demonstration of the muscles of the human body, but surely could not be practical if used and handled to any great extent. [. . .] The illustrations consist of flaps overlaying and revealing successive layers of anatomical structures, the veins and arteries on each hand-colored in blue and red. Plate 9, illustrating the gravid uterus, is completely hand-colored" (Eimas 1639.1). References: Eimas, Heirs of Hippocrates, 1639 + 1639.1; Choulant-Frank, p. 234; Cushing T196. - Visit our website to see more images!. Seller Inventory # 003738
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