Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical [Gray’s Anatomy].

GRAY, Henry.

Item Number: 136007

Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea, 1859.

First edition of this influential work on Anatomy. Quarto, bound in full contemporary calf, black morocco spine label, illustrated with 363 wood-engravings after the drawings by H. V. Carter. In near fine condition with light toning to the text. Rare and desirable in contemporary calf.

Gray's Anatomy is an English-language textbook of human anatomy originally written by Henry Gray and illustrated by Henry Vandyke Carter. Earlier editions were called Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical and Gray's Anatomy: Descriptive and Applied, but the book's name is commonly shortened to, and later editions are titled, Gray's Anatomy. The book is widely regarded as an extremely influential work on the subject, and has continued to be revised and republished from its initial publication in 1858 to the present day.