TRAITÉ ICONOGRAPHIQUE DES MALADIES CHIRURGICALES
Paris: Germer Baillière, 1865. First Edition. Quarto,[8], xiv, 398 pages, plus 100 plates. In Very Good minus condition. In red leather half binding with marbled paper boards; spine paneled with gilt decoration and titling; text block with gilt top edge. Boards show moderate wear, with small scratches and scuffs to covers and spine, and rubbing and exposed board along edges and at fore corners. Text block shows light foxing with moderate toning and wear along edges. Lightly age toned and moderately foxed throughout. Interior otherwise clean. Shelved in Room F.
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Special Collections - Upstairs
Price: $1,500
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A rare first edition of the most famous work of French surgeon and researcher Benjamin Anger, with a preface by surgeon Alfred-Armand-Louis-Marie Velpeau on the progress of surgery at the time. Velpeau was a very famous surgeon and anatomist in France at the time, credited with providing the first accurate description of leukemia. This volume is notable for its extreme detail and high number of plates and figures.