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First edition. 8vo., pp. 418 + plates. Trivial ink stain to bottom margin at edge only of 4pp. and edges a little dust-marked, otherwise internally unblemished. Hardback: buff cloth, gilt-lettered to spine and upper board. Cloth covering spine detached in one piece but present (loosely inserted), split along gutter between title-page and Contents but binding holding well, corners and top edge a little bumped, cloth discoloured. No dust-jacket. Currently a useful reading copy; rare and eminently reparable. Bookplate of the Bibliotheca Cariana to front pastedown. "3d" in ink to top corner of ffep. Eighteen essays in English, German or Italian covering a range of medical topics from Antiquity to Modern Times. …