CRUVEILHIER, JEAN. 1791-1874.


Anatomie pathologique du corps humain. Paris: J. B. Bailliere, 1829-1842. 40 parts in 4 volumes. Folio (471 x 306 mm). Half-titles, subscribers' list in volume 1, tables and lists of plates at end of each volume, general index at end of volume 2. 233 lithographed plates on 231 sheets (2 folding, 167 hand-colored) by J. G. Martin and A. Chazal. Contemporary red quarter morocco gilt, splitting to backstrips of some volumes, some wear to edges. Some leaves loose with minor marginal tears and soiling. Provenance: University of Kansas, Library of the History of Medicine (bookplate). FIRST EDITION OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE OF THE EARLY ATLASES OF PATHOLOGY, published as a series of 40 parts over thirteen years. "The fine hand-colored lithographs of gross pathology make this one of the greatest works of its kind. Cruveilhier, first Professor of Pathological Anatomy in Paris, gave the first description of multiple sclerosis and an early description of 'Cruveilhier's palsy'" (Garrison-Morton). The lithographs are by the experienced anatomical illustrator Antoine Chazal (1793-1854). Garrison-Morton 2286; Heirs of Hippocrates 1479; Norman 538. WITH: JEANCON, JOHN A. Pathological Anatomy, Pathology, and Physical Diagnosis. Cincinnati: Progress Publishing Co., 1885.Folio. 100 chromolithographic and lithographic plates. Contemporary half brown morocco and marbled boards. Peeling to leather at corners, light browning. The only English translation of Cruveilhier's Anatomie pathologique, reproducing the lithographs of the original. Published in parts, in 10 sections, and ordered here probably in the sequence in which they were issued.