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Hardcover, bound in burgundy top-grain cowhide with all edges gilt, raised spine lettered in gold and covers brass die-stamped in 22kt gold. 208 pages. Additional refinements include bound in silk ribbon marker and marbled end-papers designed by Tapley-Rutter, Inc. Bookbinders. Large color folding frontispiece of the foxglove plant on heavy stock present. This special limited facsimile was prepared from an original 1785 edition furnished to the Publisher courtesy of the Yale Medical Library and the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine. First edition thus. Previous subscriber’s book-plate not present albeit other titles in this collection of The Classics of Medicine Library from the same private collection indicate that this is copy 921 of an unspecified limitation. A foundational text in modern clinical pharmacology documenting Dr. Withering’s empirical observations of the efficacy of the foxglove plant in treating Dropsy [fluid retention of the heart now recognized as congestive heart failure]. “The text laid the groundwork for utilizing cardiac glycosides, guiding modern treatments for heart failure and atrial fibrillation.” A clean, unread and pristine copy; gift quality and as new.