Description

Hardcover, bound in deep brown top-grain cowhide with all edges gilt, raised spine lettered in gold and covers stamped in 22kt gold. 243 pages. Additional refinements include bound in silk ribbon marker and specially commissioned marbled end-papers by Richard J. Wolfe. Index of Personal Names; Index of Subjects. Illustrated throughout with engravings, photographs, maps, etc. This special edition of “The Evolution of Modern Medicine” was prepared from the first edition of 1921, originally published by Yale University Press, for the subscriber’s to The Classics of Modern Medicine Library. Original owner’s book-plate affixed to blank verso of front free marbled end-paper, indicating that this is copy 921. First edition thus. A pristine and unread copy. As new.