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Medical Portrait Gallery. Biographical Memoirs of the Most Celebrated Physicians Surgeons, etc. etc. who have Contributed to the Advancement of Medical Science
by Thomas Joseph Pettigrew
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
£195.00£175.50
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About This Item
London: Fisher, Son & Co, 1838. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 11.5" by 8". Not Stated. Illustrated with thirty-six plates of portraits, this is an excellent copy of the first two volumes of Pettigrew's biographical memoirs of those individuals who have contributed to the advancement of medical science. The first two volumes only of Thomas Joseph Pettigrew's four volume work of biographies of the celebrated men of the medical profession. With individual paginations for each biography, and a portrait plate of each subject. With eighteen plates of portraits to volume I, and eighteen plates to volume II. Collated, complete.Volume I discusses the lives of eighteen individuals, including Aesculapius, James Copland and Frederic Ruysch, while volume II discusses seventeen individuals, among them Andreas Vesalius, Edward Jenner and Matthew Baillie. With the plates and stamps of the the Library of the Birmingham Medical Institute to front pastedowns and front free endpapers, and further library stamps to title pages and each plate.In a lovely half morocco binding, this is a fascinating collection of biographies of prominent surgeons and medical practitioners throughout history. Rebound in half morocco, with marbled paper covered boards, and endpapers renewed. Externally, fine. Library bookplates to front pastedowns and front free endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Library stamps to title pages and each plate. Pages otherwise bright and generally clean, with scattered instances of light spotting to pages surrounding plates. Very Good
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 841F6
- Title
- Medical Portrait Gallery. Biographical Memoirs of the Most Celebrated Physicians Surgeons, etc. etc. who have Contributed to the Advancement of Medical Science
- Author
- Thomas Joseph Pettigrew
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Fisher, Son & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1838
- Size
- 11.5" by 8"
- Keywords
- medicine surgery medical biography Birmingham medical institute surgery
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
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Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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