Description

Hardcover, bound in dark green top-grain cowhide with all edges gilt, raised spine lettered in gold and covers brass die-stamped in 22kt gold. 511 pages. Additional refinements include bound in silk ribbon marker and specially commissioned tarragon fabric moire end-papers by A. Horowitz and Sons. Illustrated. This special limited facsimile was prepared from an original 1860 edition furnished to the Publisher courtesy of the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine. First edition thus. Contains originaL index and extensive publisher’s catalog. A clean, fresh and like new copy but for discoloration to extremities of moire end-leaves, common with this color.