27. Blandin (Philippe Frédéric) Traité d’Anatomie Topographique, ou Anatome des Régions du Corps Humain, 2 vol. including Atlas, mixed set, second edition, text with folding table, ink signature at head of title, foxed, contemporary calf, covers elaborately gilt with arms of Richmond Hospital School of Medicine, spine gilt, slightly rubbed, Paris, 1834, Atlas with 20 hand-coloured lithographed plates, text spotted, light soiling and browning to plates, ex-Charing Cross Hospital library copy with ink presentation inscription from Edwin Canton 1856 at head of title, library stamps throughout including most plates, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt with morocco label, Brussels, 1834, [Waller 1107; Wellcome II p.176], 8vo & oblong folio
est. £200 – £300
Originally published in 1826 but with only 12 plates. Blandin was the first to describe the mixed glands of the tongue (“Blandin’s glands”) and he developed various surgical techniques used in rhinoplasty.