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Birmingham: The Classics of Surgery Library., 1987. HEAVY. viii, 134pp, bw & col plates; 35pp publisher's booklet with bibliography. Original full burgundy leather decorated and titled in gilt, all edges gilt, 'marbled' endpapers, bookmark ribbon. As new. Handsome facsimile edition for the Classics of Surgery Library. Originally published in 1821.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Fine. Oblong Folio.
Illustrations of the Great Operations of Surgery, Trepan, Hernia, Amputation, Aneurism, and Lithotomy by BELL, Charles - 1821
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Illustrations of the Great Operations of Surgery, Trepan, Hernia, Amputation, Aneurism, and Lithotomy
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London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1821. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Oblong folio. Oblong folio (274 x 380 mm). viii, 134 pp., 20 etched plates (of which 17 with full or partial hand-coloring), woodcut text illustration. Bound in original publisher's morocco-backed cloth, gilt-lettered morocco label to upper board, gilt-lettered spine (upper joint partly split, heavy rubbing of spine, cloth over boards creased, soiled and with tear, corners bumped; top edge of endpaper torn and creased). Text and plates with dust-soiling and some light foxing, lower corner of p. 43/44 torn with loss (well away from text area). ----
Norman 174; Eimas, Heirs of Hippocrates 1305; Garrison-Morton 5588; Waller 857; Wellcome II, p.136. One of the most dramatically and beautifully illustrated books in the entire literature of surgery. Hand-coloured copies show more blood than is usual for surgical treatises of this period."
FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, FIRST ISSUE, with "Hurst" and a date in the imprint, and Bell's title not mentioning the University of London. RARE with some of the plates printed in sepia. "One of the most remarkable illustrated books in the history of surgery" (Norman). Great Operations was issued in parts during 1820-1821, and the first complete version was printed during the latter year. The plates were prepared after Bell's drawings by Thomas Landseer (1795-1880), brother of Edwin Landseer. "Most copies have the plates printed in black, but at least one copy exists with the plates in sepia" (Norman). - Visit our website to see more images!
Norman 174; Eimas, Heirs of Hippocrates 1305; Garrison-Morton 5588; Waller 857; Wellcome II, p.136. One of the most dramatically and beautifully illustrated books in the entire literature of surgery. Hand-coloured copies show more blood than is usual for surgical treatises of this period."
FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, FIRST ISSUE, with "Hurst" and a date in the imprint, and Bell's title not mentioning the University of London. RARE with some of the plates printed in sepia. "One of the most remarkable illustrated books in the history of surgery" (Norman). Great Operations was issued in parts during 1820-1821, and the first complete version was printed during the latter year. The plates were prepared after Bell's drawings by Thomas Landseer (1795-1880), brother of Edwin Landseer. "Most copies have the plates printed in black, but at least one copy exists with the plates in sepia" (Norman). - Visit our website to see more images!
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Birmingham: Classics of Surgery, 1987. hardcover. fine. Twenty full-pages plates, most in color. viii + 134 pages, large, oblong 8vo, gilt-decorated, red leather, a.e.g.; leather bookplates with limitation number and owner's name inside front cover. Birmingham: The Classics of Surgery Library, (1987). A fine copy.<br/><br/> Facsimile of the London, 1821 edition. With separately printed publisher's notes.<br/><br/>
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