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pp. XIII, (iii), 640. 21 plates [5 folding], some lithographs in colour, some photogravures, all with one or two text leaves, occasional text figure; (vi), 470. 19 plates with accompanying text leaves [5 folding, 4 lithographed in colour, 2 photographic]; (vi), 453, (i). 4 chromolithographs [with text leaves], occasional text figure. Contemporary half calf, newly rebacked, some dusty margins, library stamps with cancellations on the front paste-downs, a very good set.
*53 essays by the most eminent researchers in Europe - JOSEPH LISTER - G. A. HANSEN - OSKAR HERTWIG - WILHELM HIS - VICTOR HORSLEY - ELIAS METCHNIKOFF - JAMES PAGET - GUSTAF RETZIUS - HANS VIRCHOW - V. ZIEMSSEN. All have signed their essays in facsimile, the Introduction by OSKAR ISRAEL. COPAC records copies at Oxford : Cambridge : Wellcome : RCSE : Royal Society : Edinburgh [no copy in the British Library].
August Hirschwald. Berlin.
Date Published: 1891. 3 volumes.
Stock No. 62393
Price: £1,350.00