Illustrations of the Diseases of the Breast ... In Two Parts. Part One [all published] - BOUND WITH - The Anatomy of the Thymus Gland - BOUND WITH - A Treatise on Ligaments by Bransby B Cooper (nephew of A Cooper)

London: Longman ...., 1829 / 1832 / 1825. First Editions.. Contemporary three-quarter leather over marbled boards.. Very good; somewhat foxed here and there; 19th century institutional stamp on the verso of the first title page and last page in the book - no other accessioning; professionally rebacked at some time in an appropriate style.. Large 4to, I - [8]. [1] - 89, [1 - blank] , inserted errata slip, [18 - plate explanations; printed one side only] pp. + 9 inserted plates (8 in color lithography; 1 black and white); II - [6 - no half-title], [1] - 47, [9 - plate explanations] pp. + 5 partially hand-colored lithographic plates; III - xi, [1- blank], [1] - 151 (plus an inserted printed slip of explanation for the illustration at page 75), [1 - blank], [26 - plate explanations] pp. + 13 black and white lithographic plates.

I - "Contains one of the earliest descriptions of hyperplastic cystic disease of the breast" - Norman #510; G-M #5769; Goldschmid, p. 133; II - Cooper described the thymus gland and its functions. Norman #512; G-M #1119; Medvei, pp. 176-177; III - A study published by A Cooper's nephew to supplement the noted physician's work on dislocations and fill a gap in the English language medical literature on the ligaments.