The Bridgewater Treatises, On the Power and Wisdom of God as Manifested in the Creation; Treatise IV. The Hand, Its Mechanism, and Vital Endowments as Evincing Design

London: William Pickering, 1833. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. First edition of one of the greatest classics on the hand, written as part of the Bridgewater Treatises series. 8vo. xv, 288pp. Contemporary calf, richly gilt spine and borders, a little rubbed. Front board detached. Text illustrations after drawings by the author. Discusses anatomy, physiology, bio-mechanics, comparative anatomy of the hand, its utility and adaptive importance, substitution of other organs for hand, the sense of touch, kinesthetics, et cetera. Gordon-Taylor 56.