Description

Hardcover, small octavo size volume bound in black top grain genuine cowhide, with bound in silk ribbon marker, marbled end leaves specially commissioned by Richard J. Wolfe and all edges gilt. Cover design and production by Daniel B. Bianchi and Selma Ordewer, with raised spine stamped in 22kt gold. Includes a prefatory essay by Leroy Crummer. 159 pages. Special limited edition printed for The Classics of Medicine Library (1994), First edition thus. Previous subscriber’s book-plate affixed to blank verso facing title page indicating that this is copy 921. An “historical 18th-century manuscript (first composed around 1741 for his medical students at Cambridge) that outlines a rational, structured approach to medical education, emphasizing foundational science like chemistry and botany alongside classical clinical observation.” A gift quality copy. Fine.