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Hardcover, small volume bound in genuine green top-grain cowhide with all edges gilt, raised spine lettered in gold and covers stamped in 22kt gold. Additional refinements include bound in silk ribbon marker and specially commissioned marbled end-papers by Richard J. Wolfe. Unpaginated. Text prepared from the first edition of 1597. The 22 page suite of engravings of medical instruments, which follows the text, were supplied from the second edition of 1612. Specially published for The Classics of Medicine Library, first limited edition thus. Personalized subscriber’s small paper label laid in loose indicating that this is copy 921. Chirurgerie derives from the French word chirurgie and translates in English to ‘surgery’. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, unmarked and unread copy. As new.