Description

Hardcover, thick small volume bound in genuine brown top-grain leather, with all edges gilt and spine brass-die stamped in 22kt gold. 672 pages with unnumbered Table and Errata appended. Additional refinements include bound in silk ribbon marker, raised spine hubs and specially commissioned marbled end-papers by Richard J. Wolfe. This special limited edition was prepared from the first English edition of 1685 courtesy of the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine. First edition thus of a limited edition, this being number 921, with original subscriber’s personalized book-plate, bearing limitation number, laid-in loose. An important work for medical historians albeit most all the practices recommended are obsolete, if not barbaric by modern standards. Still, Willis provides the definitions, symptoms, and proposed cures for a wide range of conditions, including epilepsy, digestive disorders, and fevers along with the accompanying pharmacology, including recipes and dosages. A clean, fresh and unmarked copy, pristine and as new.