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Medical Portrait Gallery. Biographical Memoirs of the Most Celebrated Physicians, Surgeons, Etc. Etc. Who Have Contributed to the Advancement of Medical Science.
by PETTIGREW, Thomas Joseph
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SOUTH BRENT, Devon, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Fisher, Son, & Co.; Whittaker & Co. London. [1838]-1840. 4 volumes in 2. . 61 steel engraved portraits PLUS lithographed facsimile of Boerhaave manuscript and of his memorial, PLUS a double-page facsimile of a Heberden manuscript. Each portrait is accompanied by a biographical account, varying from pp.4 to pp.40, though mostly around pp.12-16. Contemporary polished calf, an ex-library copy with stamp and call number to verso of first and third titles, edges severely rubbed, plates variously foxed as always. *GARRISON-MORTON #6711 - A very useful collection of memoirs and portraits, each of which has a facsimile signature below [except for Galen, Hippocrates etc. !]. Pettigrew has given a good, selective bibliography with each memoir and his own, autobiographical account at the end, suitably the longest one in the book.
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- PATRICK POLLAK RARE BOOKS
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- Title
- Medical Portrait Gallery. Biographical Memoirs of the Most Celebrated Physicians, Surgeons, Etc. Etc. Who Have Contributed to the Advancement of Medical Science.
- Author
- PETTIGREW, Thomas Joseph
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Fisher, Son, & Co.; Whittaker & Co. London. [1838]-1840. 4 volumes in 2.
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHY MEMOIR PORTRAITS
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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