Description

Hardcover, bound in genuine black leather, with all edges gilt and spine stamped in 22kt gold. Gold cover stamping and design by Daniel B. Bianchi and Selma Ordewer. Additional refinements include bound in silk ribbon marker and specially commissioned marbled end-papers by Richard J. Wolfe. 322 pages. A facsimile of the 1927 first edition containing both bibliography and index. 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. As new.