Description

Hardcover, octavo volume bound in genuine brown top-grain cowhide, with all edges gilt and covers brass-die stamped in 22kt gold. 228 pages. Bibliography, Index. Additional refinements include bound in silk ribbon marker, raised spine hubs and specially commissioned marbled end-papers by Iris Nevins. This special limited edition was prepared from the first edition of 1883, courtesy of the Harvey Cushing / John Jay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University. First edition thus of a limited edition, this being number 921, with original subscriber’s personalized book-plate, bearing limitation number, affixed to blank verso of front free end-paper. A clean, fresh, copy with a touch of wear to gilt edge at top, else as new. Conservatively rated near fine.