Description

Hardcover, bound in genuine dark blue top-grain cowhide, with all edges gilt and covers stamped in 22kt gold. 676 pages. Additional refinements include bound in silk ribbon marker and specially commissioned marbled end-papers by Richard J. Wolfe. Translated from the fourth German edition by Charles e. Hackley. This specially published edition for The Classics of Medicine Library is prepared from the first English edition of 1871 courtesy of the Yale Medical Library. First limited edition thus. No previous ownership marks. A pristine and unread copy, like new. As new.