Luther Holden — Human Osteology Comprising a Description of the Bones with Delineations of the Attachements of the Muscles the General and Microscopic Structure of Bone and Its Development to Which Is Added a Brief Notice of the Unity of Type in the Construction of the Vertebrate Skeleton

London, John Churchill, 1861. Leather. A scarce copy of this osteology study by Luther Holden. Third edition. Illustrated throughout with many plates, including a folding diagram of the spine. Rebound by Hawkins, Son and Loxley (binder's label to front pastedown). Rebacked in cloth with original half-leather boards. Externally sound, though with some rubbing and a few marks. Internally, firmly bound. Ink signature to title page. Institutional ink stamps throughout. Some opening tears to folding plates. Pages are bright, though with some patches of foxing throughout. Good . Ill.: None. Good .