Hardcover, bound in full leather with raised spine lettered in gold. All edges gilt. Bound in ribbon marker. 143 pages. Illustrated with black and white plates. Includes Mr. Churchill’s 32 page catalog of publications in Medicine, Surgery, and Science, appended at rear. Special edition issued for The Classics of Medicine Library (1981) from an original edition of 1858, (originally published by John Churchill), courtesy of the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine. First edition thus. This work is bound in genuine top grain cowhide, with specially commissioned marbled end-papers and brass-die stamped in 22kt gold on covers. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, unmarked and unread copy. As new.