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Author: Brunschwig, Hieronymus
Title: The Book of Cirurgia...
Place: Milano
Publisher: R. Lier & Co.
Date: 1923
Item # : 199165
Sale Number   393
Lot Number   28
Sale Name    
Medical & Science Library of Gerald I. Sugarman, MD
Sale Date   11/20/2008
Sale Time   1pm PST
Low Estimate   $ 250
High Estimate   $ 350
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Description:
272, xvi, [1] pp. 11¼x7½, original tan half cloth with boards.
Facsimile of the beautifully illustrated book published in 1497. It was the first of its kind, being the first illustrated book on surgery, and the first to describe the treatment of gunshot wounds. Includes at rear an essay on Brunschwig and his work by Henry E. Sigerist.
Condition:
Boards slightly rubbed and sunned, corners bumped; internally near fine.
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