Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Sixteenth Century Physician and His Methods: Mercurialis On Diseases of the Skin, the First Book on the Subject (1572) INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR

Kansas City: The Lowell Press, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XLVII, [1], 226pp. Original blue cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover, and portrait in gilt on front cover. Free front endpaper inscribed and signed by Richard L. Sutton. Remarkable edition of Girolamo Mercuriale's "De morbis cutaneis" (1572), considered the first scientific tract on skin diseases. Binding and interior in overall very good condition. vg. Item #32159

Price: $95.00