Description

Hardcover, bound in genuine top-grain blue teal pigskin with raised spine stamped in gold and cover stampings and design by Daniel B. Bianchi and Selma Ordewer in 22kt gold. 386 pages. All edges gilt. Additional refinements include bound in silk ribbon marker and specially commissioned marbled end-papers by Richard J. Wolfe. Four Appendices, Bibliography and Index. Illustrated with numerous reproductions of audio readouts of the heart, several of which are fold-out, akin to modern ekg’s. Publisher’s small personalized paper label with original subscribers name affixed to blank verso of front free end-paper, indicating that this is copy 921. This special limited facsimile edition was prepared from the first edition of 1908 (Oxford Medical Publication), courtesy of The Reynolds Historical Library. First edition thus. No previous ownership marks but book-plate. A clean, fresh unmarked and unread like new copy. As new.