Lot 308
Cowper, William
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 7 September 2011 at 12:00 BST
£1,625
Description
Myotomia reformata: or An anatomical treatise on the muscles of the human body. London: for Robert Knaplock, William and John Innys and Jacob Tonson, 1724. First folio edition, folio, title printed in red and black, frontispiece, 66 plates plus an outline plate to number 13, double page engraved table, diagrams in text, engraved head and tail pieces and initials, contemporary calf, browning and spotting, binding worn, library stamps
Footnote
Note: Garrison-Morton 392.1, Norman 530.
First folio edition, remarkable not only for the quality of the large plates but for "the ingenious historiated initials wittily decorated with myotomical motifs." (Norman)