First edition in English. 8vo. pp xviii, 324 (2), plus fourteen numbered plates bound to rear. Complete and correct, with the half-title, second part unopened. Original decorated cloth, neatly recased retaining original spine, with new paper label, endpapers replaced, light foxing to title page, marked to plates at rear, otherwise an attractive clean example. Presentation inscription from old endpaper retained; to William R Saunders from his fellow apprentice John ?Ward Reid, Edin. Surgeon, Nov 28, 1844, signed Dr William R Saunders Edinburgh 1844. An important and sought-after work, uncommon on the market.