BELL, Charles (1774-1842). An Exposition of the Natural System of the Nerves of the Human Body, London, 1824-27, 2 works including an "Appendix" bound in one, 3 folding plates [see note below], later half calf. FIRST EDITION. Sold not subject to return.

BELL, Charles (1774-1842).  An Exposition of the Natural System of the Nerves of the Human Body. With a Republication of the Papers Delivered to the Royal Society, on the Subject of the Nerves. London: Printed by A. & R. Spottiswoode, 1824-27. 2 works including an "Appendix" bound in one, 8vo (216 x 133mm). Half title, errata slip, with the recommended correction on page 44 made in the text, 3 folding engraved plates in total [see note], wood-engraved illustrations (plates spotted and browned, plate II torn and repaired on verso with adhesive tape, occasional light spotting and staining, a few darker spots). Later half calf preserving old marbled boards (boards rubbed). Provenance: From the Collection of Professor Jonathan Brostoff, D.M., D.Sc., FRCP, FRCPath (1934-2020); old pencil annotation to front pastedown (erroneously stating "Complete with the 3 folding copperplates") and front free endpaper. FIRST EDITION. A confusing copy. There are two folding plates at the end of the first work, "Plate II, Plan of the Nerves of Respiration" and "Plate III" [i.e. no plate I]. At the end of the "Appendix", dated 1827 and titled "Appendix to the Papers on the Nerves, Republished from the Royal Society's Transactions, by Charles Bell; containing Consultations and Cases illustrative of the Facts Announced in Those Parts", which is separately paginated and signed, there is a folding plate headed "Phil. Trans. MDCCCXXII. Plate XXXI. p.3[?]72". The first work usually has 3 folding plates; it appears, in this copy, that the first of these is lacking. cf. Garrison & Morton 1255. Sold not subject to return.