Description

Hardcover, bound in genuine olive green top-grain cowhide, with all edges gilt and covers brass-die stamped in 22kt gold. 559 pages. Index. Illustrated with three fold-out plates at rear. Additional refinements include bound in silk ribbon marker, raised spine hubs and marbled end-papers. This special facsimile limited edition was prepared from the first English edition of 1806. First edition thus, number 921, though the original subscriber’s book-plate is lacking from this copy, the other 150 odd titles in his collection from the Classics of Medicine Library were numbered as such (usually with book-plates laid-in loose and unused). No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, unmarked and unread copy. As new.