Hardcovers, two volumes in genuine reddish (Carnelian?) leather bindings with raised spines lettered in 22kt gold and gilt stamped cover design by Daniel B. Bianchi and Selma Ordewer. 802 pages. Bibliography, Index. Translated from the Greek, with an introduction and commentary, by Margret Tallmadge May. Additional refinements include bound in silk ribbon marker, specially commissioned marbled end-papers designed by Richard J. Wolfe and all edges gilt. Special limited edition , first edition thus prepared from the first edition of 1968, published by Cornell University Press. This collector’s edition of Galen’s work on anatomy and physiology makes available to both student and scholar one of the few English translations available. No previous ownership marks. A pristine, unread and like new copy. As new.