Letters on Professional Character and Manners: On the Education of a Surgeon, and the Duties and Qualifications of a Physician: Addressed to James Gregory, M.D. -- Signed
by Bell, John
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About This Item
John Moir, 1810. 1st Edition . Very good plus, rebound in calf with five raised bands and gilt titles on spine. Very slight rubbing to edges of boards, but bright and clean. Interior with a touch of foxing to a few pages, otherwise clean and tight. INSCRIBED TO PROMINENT SCOTTISH SURGEON ALEXANDER SHAW BY JOHN BELL'S SON, GEORGE BELL, in 1823 on the half-title page. A very attractive copy of this scarce title.
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- Title
- Letters on Professional Character and Manners: On the Education of a Surgeon, and the Duties and Qualifications of a Physician: Addressed to James Gregory, M.D. -- Signed
- Author
- Bell, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Moir
- Date Published
- 1810
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