Publisher:
Philadelphia, Lea and Blanchard: 1847
1847 FIRST EDITION MASSIVE MID-19TH CENTURY REFERENCE WORK EDITED BY THOMAS JEFFERSON'S PERSONAL PHYSICIAN. Four 10 inches tall hardcover volumes bound in original full sheepskin, spines with raised bands and gilt black leather labels. Several wood engravings in text, 788, 804, 782, 770 pages. Covers rubbed but bindings strong and tight, light scattered foxing throughout, text unmarked except pencil calculations on front endpapers of vol. 4. Two 6 x 7 1/2 inch contemporary folded ink handwritten prescriptions laid in vol. 1. PREFACE OF THE AMERICAN EDITOR. 'The general voice of the profession ...
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