The first edition of Gray's Anatomy (originally titled Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical) was published in 1858.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple independent sources including library catalogs, auction houses, and encyclopedic references, with strong bibliographic convergence. [cascade flags: wikipedia_dropped_other_sources_exist | tier=silver indep_score=0.525 clusters=2 claim_tier=everyday | kind=empirical eligibility=high]
Sources
- Gray’s Anatomy Descriptive and Applied: the greatest account of anatomical understanding available — Royal College of Surgeons (seed:anatomy_and_medical_oddities)
- https://openlibrary.org/books/OL24780759M/Anatomy_descriptive_and_surgical (corroboration)
- https://www.sothebys.com/buy/99c41035-b449-4eeb-bac0-ceaa0599c2b9/lots/7efdad32-0570-4c20-956d-40b7de5b556e (corroboration)