Quain, The Viscera of The Human body, 1840

The Viscera of The Human body; Including the Organs of Digestion, Respiration, Secretion, and Excretion; in a Series of Plates, with Reference and Physiological Comments. Edited by Jones Quain, M.D and W. J. Erasmus Wilson. London: Printed for Taylor and Walton, Booksellers and Publishers to University College, Upper Gower-Street. 1840. 
 
Original brown cloth-bound folio with gold text and border on front board. A few small tears on edges of spine, mostly at head and tail. Slightly sunned. End papers slightly toned. Plate 30 lacking. Margins ample. Clean, bright, and tight throughout with only mild occasional creases at corners and very rare foxing. 
 
Ffep, title, advert, Pl1, 1-4, Pl2-3, 5-8, Pl4-5, 9-12, Pl6-7, 13-16, Pl8-9, 17-20, Pl10-11, 21-24, Pl 12-13, 25-28, Pl14-15, 29-32, Pl16-17, 33-36, Pl18-19, 37-40, Pl20-21, 41-44, Pl22-23, 45-48, Pl24-25, 49-52, Pl 26-27, 53-56, Pl28-29, 57-60, Pl31, 61-64, Pl32, index (65-67), rfep. 
 
Jones Quain (1796-1865), along with Erasmus Wilson (1809-1884) originally published their anatomical drawings in five volumes (1836-1842). “This elaborate series of anatomical plates and accompanying descriptions ranks with the best nineteenth-century representations. … Quain was an anatomist and teacher of some note whose Elements of descriptive and practical anatomy (1828) went through eleven editions. Wilson, who co-edited the second through the fifth volumes, was a dermatologist and philanthropist whose fame rests largely on the role he played in the demise of flogging in the British army.” (Heirs 887). See also G-M 410, regarding Quain’s 1828 book: “Among the most important of the English textbooks on anatomy. An eleventh edition was published in 1908-29.”