$73
London: Printed for B. T. and L. M. and Sold by W. Keplewhite and J. Jones, 1697. Folio, contemporary calf. The chief work of the celebrated British surgeon, Richard Wiseman, first published in 1676 and reprinted numerous times, which includes a treatise on gunshot wounds based on his practice in battlefields and hundreds of case studies of individual patients in the field of anatomy, diagnosis, and surgery. Boards worn and detached; first five leaves detached; bookplate and library card holder tipped to pastedowns; library stamp to dedication; light dampstaining; text block split in two parts.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2011-11-15