Anatomy Descriptive and Surgical (Gray's Anatomy): Printer's Proofs with Henry Gray's Corrections, 1858

This remarkable manuscript is a partial set of first edition Wertheimer final page proofs of Anatomy Descriptive and Surgical (more commonly knowns as Gray's Anatomy), bearing the corrections made by its author Henry Gray (1827-61). To find out more about the creation of Gray's Anatomy, and what this manuscript reveals about the thorny relationship between  the author of the text, Henry Gray, and medical illustrator, Henry Vandyke Carter, see our blog here.