Description

Hardcover, large octavo volume bound in genuine black pigskin, with all edges gilt and covers brass-die stamped in 22kt gold. 538 pages. Appendices, Bibliography and General Index. Illustrated with numerous vignette and full page plates. Additional refinements include bound in silk ribbon marker, raised spine hubs and specially commissioned marbled end-papers by Richard J. Wolfe. This special facsimile limited edition was prepared from the first English translation of 1950. First edition thus, number 921, with original subscriber’s unused personalized book-plate, bearing limitation number, laid-in loose. An important biography on the founder of plastic surgery, containing an extensive bibliography and rich in the history of the scientific and cultural life of 16th century Bologna. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, unmarked and unread copy. As new.