ELEMENTOS DE ANATOMIA PATHOLOGICA GERAL [Inscribed]

Published by Imprensa da Universidade, Coimbra, 1869

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Octavo, 326, [2], 22 pages plus forty-one plates. In Very Good minus condition. Quarter-bound in brown leather with marbled paper boards, and gilt titling and ornamentation to spine. Spine has a black label, two small spots of peeling to leather, scuffing throughout, and rubbing wear to extremities. Boards have heavy bumping to fore corners, exposing boards, moderate shelfwear to edges, and light rubbing wear throughout. Text block has red speckling to page edges, splitting in gutter between half-title and title pages, gift inscription from author to Dr. Francisco António Rodrigues de Gusmão on half-title page, vertical crease and mis-trimmed fore edge to half-title page, splitting to lower end of rear hinge, and light toning and foxing throughout. This single landmark printing in 1869 was the first Portuguese-language textbook on pathological anatomy. Its author, Dr. Francisco António Alves (1832-1873) was a professor of medicine and director of the Cabinet of Pathological Anatomy at the University of Coimbra. This copy's recipient was Dr. Francisco António Rodrigues de Gusmão (1815-1888), a prominent 19th-century Portuguese physician, historian, biographer, and scholar. 1415215. Special Collections - Upstairs.

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Title
ELEMENTOS DE ANATOMIA PATHOLOGICA GERAL [Inscribed]
Author
Alves, Francisco Antonio
Publisher
Imprensa da Universidade, Coimbra
Publication year
1869
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Signed
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
First Edition.
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