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Hardcover bound in blue top-grain cowhide by R.R. Donnelley and Sons. Endleaves are a specially commissioned original marbled design of Richard J. Wolfe, all edges are gilt and cover stamping and design by Daniel B. Bianchi and Selma Ordewer is executed in 22kt gold. End-matter includes an appendix, references and index. Illustrated with tables, some fold-out. This special, limited edition is printed for The Classics of Medicine Library, first edition thus, with text taken from the 1930 first English translation by O. Cameron Gruner. The present Canon Medicinae, “incorporating a translation of the first book” [half-title], was completed in 1025 and represents the “summa” of all the medical knowledge of Ibn Sina’s time. No previous ownership marks. No book plate. A pristine and like new copy. As new. A heavy book, postage for Priority and Foreign orders wil be charged at actual cost.