Meyer, Ernst Julius Jacob. Attempt of a medical topography and statistics of the main and residence city of Dresden. XX, 350 p. With 1 folded border coloured lithographic map of J(ohann Anton) Williard according to W. Hunters and 3 lithographic panels with line color. 28.5 x 21.3 cm. Green semi-leather band d. Zt. (edges slightly shaded, corners toasted) with romantic back gilding, three-sided gold cut, blue trimmings and embossed cover paper. Stolberg am Harz and Leipzig, B. G. H. Schmidt, 1840. Not with Hirsch-Hübotter, Wellcome and Waller. – Only edition. Meyer was a practical physician in Berlin and at the time of the publication in Dresden, and also a member of the Dresden Society for Natural and Medicinal Sciences. Topographies) belongs to the Schift Meyer's (!) according to the scope, richness and care of the arrangement unquestionedly the first place. Yes, it deserves this passage already through his extremely interesting statistical remarks, which extend themselves to objects that are otherwise unheard of in similar works." ("H. H." in Jen. Allg. Lit.-Zeitung, 37. ==References== 347-349). Certainly the reviewer plays with it on the extensive abbot. Flora, fauna and minerals around Dresden. The other sections deal with, among other things, the construction of the apartments, night lighting, clothing, food and cleanliness of the inhabitants, pleasures, morality, constitution, temperament and character as well as in particular, of course, the medical system and state of illness and mortality. This volume is printed (in contrast to the normal edition) on better, strong paper. The city map and panels are coloured in lines, and instead of 42, the city map contains a total of 89 designations, including the streets of the suburbs. He is bound by the Dresden bookbinder Otto Bor(r)mann, which can be found in the address books between 1840 and 1860 (1861 only his widow). – With printed dedication to Queen Marie of Saxony (1805-1877). Front page with crowned monogram stamp "PP". A little sticky. Otherwise nice copy of the special edition.