Description: PRINTS BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHS MANUSCRIPTS CURIOSITIES - RARE ANATOMY OFFPRINT - WITH ENGRAVED PLATE -HOME (Sir Everard, British surgeon, 1756-1832).A description of the teeth of the delphinus gangeticus [Ganges river dolphin]. (London): 'Printed by William Bulmer' (for the Royal Society), 1818. First separate edition. [2], 3 pp. Illustrated with engraved plate after William Home Clift. Unbound. Size: 4to (29.5cm x 23cm).Very Good to Good condition. Disbound from a larger volume of collected offprints. Light age-toning and light scattered foxing (rather more prounouned to title). Light off-setting from first plate to facing blank page. Plate itself with light to moderate foxing and age-toning, and some minor creasing. Plate working loose from text along the upper part. Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, or view gallery images closely.A rare offprint from the Philosophical Transactions, the world's longest running scientific journal, published by the Royal Society of London. Home was a British surgeon with a fiery temperament, who published a number of papers on antomy and related subjects in the Phil. Trans. journal. Offprints were produced at the time of the journal's first publication, of slightly before, in order that the author could present stand-alone copies of their paper to associates. key words:
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Binding: Unbound
Place of Publication: London
Non-Fiction Subject: Natural History
Language: English
Illustrator: William Home Clift
Author: Sir Everard Home
Original/Reproduction: Original
Publisher: Royal Society
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1818
