The Microcosm and other poems

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1866. FIRST EDITION. With 3 full-page illustrations. Publisher’s cloth, title within decorated border in gilt on front cover; there appears to be a bookplate removed from the paste-down, otherwise interior excellent. The author’s presentation copy to Oliver Wendell Holmes with his inscription on the fly-leaf dated the first of January, 1869. First edition. The illustrations include the frontispiece of Andreas Vesalius, Rembrandt’s painting of Nicholas Tulp and his pupils entitled “Lesson in Anatomy” and an illustrations of Harvey’s demonstration of the circulation of the blood to Charles I.

Coles (1813-1891) was a physician and poet from New Jersey who published a number of books of prose and poetry. The Medical Society of New Jersey, founded in 1766, is the oldest professional society in America.