Description

Hardcover, bound in genuine black top-grain cowhide, with all edges gilt and covers stamped in 22kt gold. 987 pages. Index. Additional refinements include bound in silk ribbon marker and specially commissioned marbled end-papers by Richard J. Wolfe. This special facsimile limited edition was prepared from the fourth English edition of 1845 and printed especially for the subscribers of The Classics of Medicine Library. First edition thus, number 921 as indicated by unused subscriber’s book-plate laid-in loose. Also laid-in are a 19 page pamphlet entitled “Notes from the Editors” and other publisher miscellania. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, unmarked and unread copy. As new.