Description

Hardcover, quarto size volume bound in genuine deep blue pigskin with all edges gilt, raised spine and covers stamped in 22kt gold. Additional refinements include bound in silk ribbon marker and specially commissioned marbled end-papers by Richard J. Wolfe. 346 pages. Text prepared from the first edition of 1910, courtesy of the Yale Medical Historical Library. Specially published for The Classics of Medicine Library, first limited edition thus. Personalized subscriber’s unused book-plate laid in loose indicating that this is copy 921. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, unmarked and unread copy, like new. Fine.