The Half-Yearly Abstract of the Medical Sciences: Being a Digest of British and Continental Medicine, and of the Progress of Medicine and the Collateral Sciences. Vol. XLVIII (July-December 1868); Vol. XLIX (July 1869)
Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea, 1869. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. VIII, 9-292, VIII, 9-293, [1]pp. Original 3/4 leather over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering on spine. Raised bands. Printer's device on both title-pages. Scarce and fascinating medical work being a compilation of volumes 48 and 49 of the '"Half-Yearly Abstract of the Medical Science" covering the latest medical discoveries in the 1860s. Some age-wear on binding with heavy rubbing on spine and along edges of binding. Some abrasion on leather. Covers rubbed with paper partly missing on front board. Previous owners' stamps on endpapers (Drs. Young & Young; Frank B. Young, M.D.) Contemporary inscription from previous owner on inside of front cover, and dated 1873. Page V/VI detached but present. Minor age-toning along paper margin. Binding in overall poor, interior in good to very good condition. fair. Item #25431
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