A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Women
Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea's Son & Co., 1880. Fifth edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [2], iii-xx, 17-806, [2], [1], 2-31, [1] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [2] pp. Contemporary sheep with an unpolished black leather label lettered in gilt on the spine. Illustrated with charts and several in-text diagrams (266 engravings on wood). Enlarged and revised. The fifth edition of one the best-regarded gynecology textbooks of the nineteenth century. The author was praised for his surgical skill and spent time in Europe and in the United States studying obstetrics. Very Good. Item #000014318
Notable rubbing to the extremities. A contemporary bookseller's ticket from Chicago and an 1890 name on the front preliminaries.
Price: $100.00