John Bell manuscript material : 1 item ca. 1799-1800

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John Bell manuscript material : 1 item ca. 1799-1800

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John Bell, Scottish surgeon and anatomist. The premier surgeon of Edinburgh for nearly twenty years, he left for Italy to recuperate after being thrown from a horse in 1817. Bell met the Shelleys in Rome in 1819 and had considerable contact with them thereafter, both professional and social. To his publisher : 1 autograph letter signed : [ca. 1799-1800] : (S'ANA 0547) : probably concerning his plans for his Principles of Surgery in Two Volumes (1801-6), first published by Cadell & Davies.

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The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.

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Bell, John, 1763-1820

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Scottish surgeon. From the description of John Bell letter, [1795, Aug.], [Edinburgh]. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 34845246 John Bell, Scottish surgeon and anatomist. The premier surgeon of Edinburgh for nearly twenty years, he left for Italy to recuperate after being thrown from a horse in 1817. Bell met the Shelleys in Rome in 1819 and had considerable contact with them thereafter, both professional and social. From the description of John Bell manus...

Cadell & Davies.

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The British publishing and bookselling firm of Cadell & Davies was established in 1793 as a joint partnership between Thomas Cadell (1773-1836) and William Davies (d. 1820). The pair inherited the business from Cadell's father, Thomas Cadell the elder (1742-1802), and carried on his legacy as a leader of the London book trade. After Davies's death in 1820, Cadell began publishing under his own name. The firm was dissolved in 1836 when Cadell died, although sale of the remaining copyrights an...