Publisher:
(Weiler im Allgau, Germany:, Druckerei Holzer for Editions Medicina Rara), [c. 1971].: 1971
Facsimile reprint of 1697 edition (London: Thomas Milbourn). 4to. [80], 109, [1] pp. Frontispiece, plates. Quarter gilt-stamped red morocco over French green marbled paper-backed boards, cream paper-backed board slipcase with library spine title; slipcase extremities rubbed. Small ink holograph "147" at p. [3]. Prospectus (Folio, Medicina Rara, Vol. 1, No. 1, 4 pp.) laid-in. Very good. LIMITED EDITION of 2,500 (2,800 total) copies. Browne "was a British anatomist, surgeon and author. He published the first description of cirrhosis of the liver in 1685 and the first description of necrotising ...
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