Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
The Collection of Victor Niederhoffer part II
Auction: September 19, 2019 11:00:00 AM EDT
... Nature, Origin, Progress, and Improvements of Surgery... London: for W. Innys, 1750. Fourth edition in English. 4to. (i)-xvi, 1-476; 1-338, [10]pp. Illustrated with 38 folding engraved plates. Bound in 19th-century three-quarter calf and paper-covered boards, red morocco spine labels; calf rubbed and worn, some wear to edges of boards, hinges noticeably repaired, interior with scattered foxing and offsetting to plates. Early ownership signatures to title page. See Garrison & Morton 5576; ESTC N2402; OCLC 229164981; this edition not held by the Wellcome Library.
The fourth edition in English of the most popular surgical text of the 18th century, originally printed in German in 1719, and subsequently published in Latin in 1739. This title underwent numerous editions and translations; the first English translation, as above from the Latin, was issued in London in 1743.