NMLP P-035636 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-09
Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical (Gray's Anatomy) -- first American edition
Henry Gray · Blanchard and Lea (Philadelphia) · 1859
The true first edition of the work is London: John W. Parker and Son, 1858, edited by Henry Gray with illustrations by Henry Vandyke Carter; the Philadelphia, Blanchard and Lea printing described here is the first American edition, issued about a year later, before Blanchard and Lea had purchased full American rights (which they did for their authorized 'American edition' of 1862).
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-035636 for "Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical (Gray's Anatomy) -- first American edition" by Henry Gray (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-035636, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).