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[32], 491, [1, blank], [56] pp. Additional engraved title page; imprimatur leaf present. (8vo) 19.2x12.2 cm. (7½x5¾"), period full vellum. First English Edition.

The first printing in England of the writings of Macrobius, printed by Mary Clark and Benjamin Motte. With the armorial bookplate of John C[ollins] Warren, the first physician to perform an operation under general anesthesia and one of the most renowned American surgeons of the 19th century. Warren was the first Dean of the Harvard Medical School. Wing, M229.