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Hardcover, bound in genuine light gray top-grain cowhide, with all edges gilt and covers stamped in 22kt gold. 549 pages. Additional refinements include bound in silk ribbon marker and specially commissioned marbled end-papers by Richard J. Wolfe. This edition prepared from the 1940 edition of the New York Academy of Medicine, which includes the Latin text of 1713 revised, with translation and notes by Wilmer Cave Wright. Includes bibliography and Index. Original Latin text printed on verso’s, with corresponding English translation on facing recto’s. Specially published for The Classics of Medicine Library, first limited edition thus. Personalized subscriber’s card laid in loose indicating that this is copy 921. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, unmarked and unread copy. As new.