Sale 19BP02 | Lot 217

[MEDICAL BOOKS] Group of titles on medicine, science, and related topics

Catalogue: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
[MEDICAL BOOKS]  Group of titles on medicine, science, and related topics

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Lot 217
[MEDICAL BOOKS] Group of titles on medicine, science, and related topics
. Comprising: DORSEY, JOHN SYNG. Elements of Surgery for the Use of Students. Philadelphia: E. & R. Parker & Benjamin Warner, 1818. Two volumes. Full 19th-century calf, gilt morocco spine labels. Plates. Generally worn, occasional staining and foxing, one or two signatures loose. [Garrison-Morton 5585: "The first systematic treatise on surgery written by an American"; Austin 678]; BAILLIE, MATTHEW. The Morbid Anatomy of Some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body. Albany: Barber & Southwick for Thomas Spencer, 1795. First American edition. Full 19th-century calf, gilt morocco spine label. Worn, loss to front free endpaper, contemporary ownership inscription. [Garrison-Morton 2281: "The first systematic text-book of morbid anatomy"; Austin 95]; REESE, DAVID M. Observations on the Epidemic of 1819, as it prevailed in a part of the city of Baltimore. Baltimore: By the Author, 1819. First edition. Full 19th-century calf. Worn, joints cracked, foxed. [Sabin 68658]; HILDENBRAND, J. VAL. DE. A Treatise on the Nature, Cause, and Treatment of Contagious Typhus. New York: Elam Bliss and Philadelphia: John Grigg, 1829. First American edition. Full 19th-century calf, gilt morocco spine label. Worn, foxed, contemporary ownership inscription. [Garrison-Morton: "A classical description of typhus"; Osler 2966]; BECLARD, P. A. Pathological Anatomy. The Last Course of Xavier Bichat... Philadelphia: John Grigg, 1827. First edition. Contemporary drab paper boards, cloth spine with printed paper spine label. Worn and spotted, contemporary ownership inscription; RUSH, JAMES. The Philosophy of the Human Voice... Philadelphia: Grigg & Elliott, 1833. Second edition. Full 19th-century calf, gilt morocco spine label. Ads. Generally worn and scraped, foxed, contemporary ownership inscriptions. [Hale, pp. 234-235]. Together with other volumes on similar topics.
Sold as is, not subject to return. The lot approximately twenty-five volumes. (25)


Estimate: $400 - $600
Sold for $1,000 (includes buyer's premium)

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