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Hardcover, bound in genuine black pigskin, with all edges gilt and covers brass-die stamped in 22kt gold. 510 pages. Index. 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 1856 English edition, courtesy of the Yale Medical Library First edition thus, number 921, with original subscriber’s unused personalized book-plate, bearing limitation number, laid-in loose. This work, edited and translated by Francis Adams, represents an important contribution to the historiography of Greco-Roman medicine. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, unmarked and unread copy. As new.