An Essay on the Vital and Other Involuntary Motions of Animals Robert Whytt
1751. First Edition. 392 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Full leather binding with gilt lettering. Front board completely detached, with pages up to title page. Rear board almost completely detached. Book has had a new spine added. Small brown stains (approx. 1cm) and finger smudging to pages on occasion. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Few pages are torn at gutter ends, including the title page. Ex-library with usual stamps and markings. Moderate wear, rubbing and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with some loss at corners and top of front joint. Notable tanning to spine and board edges, with scuffing, scratching and marking across the boards. Some peeling of leather at corners.