General Surgical Pathology and Therapeutics -in Fifty Lectures
1984 (Special Limited Edition).
The Classics Of Surgery Library
, Birmingham, Alabama
Number 1258 of a limited edition of 7,500 copies from the private library of J.H. Seymour together with a leather bookplate accidentally adhered upside down to the rear paste- down. Theodor Bilroth was a German surgeon, widely regarded as the founding father of modern abdominal surgery (1829-1894) being the first surgeon to perform both an esophagectomy and a subtotal colectomy amongst other surgical firsts
$215.00
Specifications
| Author | Billroth, Dr. Theodor |
| Publisher | The Classics Of Surgery Library |
| Place Published | Birmingham, Alabama |
| Year Published | 1984 (Special Limited Edition) |
| Date of First Edition or Edition Notes |
1871 |
| Size | Royal 8vo - Octavo, 254mm x 165mm |
| Chapters | XX |
| Pages | 677pp |
Condition Report
| Cover | Hardcover in navy blue top grade cow-hide with specially commissioned original blue marble moire fabric endpapers by richard J. Wolfe. A.e.g. and covers are brass-dye stamped with 22 Karat gold plus no dust wrapper as issued but the silk ribbon bookmark is in perfect order. |
| Overall | Internally it is in a pristine state though some minor flecking is lightly showing through the gilt edges. |