Archaeological Essays Volume I by Simpson, Sir James Y. (Edited By John Stuart) - 1872

Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1872. hardcover. very good(-). Edited by John Stuart. Illustrated with 5 plates and 19 other in-text figures. Small 4to, original 3/4 leather, crudely re-backed in red cloth; uncut edges, t.e.g. Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1872. A sturdy but not beautiful copy, internally clean. Very good (-).<br/><br/> Collection of antiquarian essays by the Scottish physician who discovered the advantages of chloroform in surgical anaesthesia (GM 5657) and introduced many important procedures in gynaecology and obstetrics (GM 6035). Included are studies on leprosy and leper hospitals in Scotland and England, and on the history of syphilis in Scotland.<br/><br/>

Edinburg: Edmonston and Douglas, 1872. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. Two Volumes. Sir James Young Simpson was a Scottish obstetrician and a significant figure in the history of medicine. He was the first physician to demonstrate the anesthetic properties of chloroform on humans and helped to popularize its use in medicine. Simpson looked to archaeology as a way of relaxation and of benefit to his medical knowledge. He attended meetings of Archaeological Societies and Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. <br><br>CONDITION: Half bound burgundy boards, gilt title on green leather spines. Gilt page edges, brown endpapers. Tight bindings, some fading to front cover of Volume II. Normal shelf wear. Owner's name written in both volumes; Vol. I has notations on front flyleaf. Black and white illustrations Laid in is a letter from Hospital Sant-louis, Paris. Vol. I: xxi, 274 pp. Vol II: vi, 344 pp. Very Good condition. Full refund if not satisfied.

New York:: D. Appleton and Company, 1872., 1872. Series: The Works of Sir James Y. Simpson, volume II. 8vo. x, 562, [4] pp. 2-page ad from Appleton tipped onto front pastedown. 19 figs. (all relating to hermaphroditism), index. Original brick-red blind- and gilt-stamped cloth, gentle kozo repairs to spine ends and rear joint. Very good. First American edition from the collected works of Simpson, edited by the author's son. This volume contains three sections: The Papers on Anaesthesia, Hospitalism, and concludes with the author's work on Hermaphroditism. / This is the second volume (only) of a three volume set of Simpson's collected Works, issued 1871-73. Each is entirely complete and their topics differ. Volume I: (not offered here), contains: Selected obstetrical and gynaecological works of Sir James Y. Simpson, bart. Containing the substance of his lectures on midwifery. Volume III: Clinical lectures on the diseases of women, edited by Alexander R. Simpson.

Tokyo, Iwanami Book Service Centre, 1997. (Facsimile reprint Philadelphia 1849). 13,248 p., original cloth with dust jacket.

Edinburgh, 1872. hardcover. very good(-). Edited by John Stuart. 2 volumes, square 8vollustrated with sepia plates, 3/4 green leather, red cloth, gilt edges; corners & tops of spines rubbed. Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1872. Very good.<br/><br/>

Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 2 volumes. Small 4to., xxi, [1], [1], errata, 274p.; vi, 344p., 5 plates. Original half green morocco over burgundy buckram boards with gilt impressed designs to the front of each board, and gilt titling to the spines. Board corners are worn, light rubbing to the edges and the leather heavily rubbed around the spine joints and ends. All edges gilt, bookplate to the paste-downs and endpapers in each volume, with a gift inscription to the first blank in volume one. Top right corner of the text block stained right at the edges, margins only, throughout about half of the first volume. With black and white in-text illustrations throughout and 5 plates.