Philadelphia, Pa.: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1853. First American, from the First London Edition. Illustrated by One Hundred and Sixty-Nine Engravings on Wood. Edited by S. Littell. 599 p.: in-text engravings; 24 cm. (9½ inches). Full sheep with six gilt-ruled spine compartments; black leather spine label with gilt-tooled title. Four-page publisher's advertising pamphlet on medical books tipped in to front free endpaper. Contains 169 in-text wood-engraved illustrations. Front fixed endpaper inscribed: A.N. Hamilton 1854. In Very Good+ Condition: some scraping of leather; edges rubbed; leather just starting to separate along front joint from tail of spine; scattered foxing; a solid and clean copy. . First American Edition. Very Good+.