Lot 1196
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[MEDICAL BIOGRAPHIES]. -- THACHER, James (1754-1844). American Medical Biography: or memoirs of eminent physicians who have flourished in America. To which is prefixed a succinct history of medical science in the United States, from the first settlement of the country. Boston: Richardson & others, 1828. 2 volumes bound in 1, 8o. 11 lithographed and 2 mezzotint portrait plates. Original half morocco gilt, marbled boards. Provenance: A. Brandford (presentation inscription on title "A. Brandford from the author"); John C. Warren (1778-1856), the American surgeon who participated in Morton's demonstration of ether anaesthetic (engraved armorial bookplate); Harvey Cushing (booklabel, stamped "withdrawn"); Yale Medical Library (bookplate on back pastedown). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY. "A valuable source of information on the early medical history of the United States" (Garrison-Morton 6710); Norman 2063. -- [MacMichael, William (1784-1839)]. The Gold-headed Cane. London: John Murray, 1827. 8o. Numerous text illustrations. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards (slightly scraped). Provenance: John, Duke of Bedford (engraved armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION. The adventures of a gold-headed cane which in succession belonged to Radcliffe, Mead, Askew, William and David Pitcairn and Baillie, before retiring to the library of the Royal College of Physicians in London. Biographies of the owners, as well as interesting insights on the practice of medicine in 18th-century England. Cushing M48; Garrison-Morton 6709; Heirs of Hippocrates 1397; Osler 6717; Waller 16091; Norman 1409. -- POWER, D'Arcy (1855-1941). Selected Writings. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1931. 4o. Photo-engraved portrait frontispiece of the author, 16 photographic plates, unnumbered folding plate, text illustrations. Original blue cloth, uncut. Provenance: Walter R. Bett (1903-1968), medical historian, subscriber and member of the committee that commissioned this collection of Power's historical, biographical, bibliographical and surgical writings in celebration of his seventy-fifth birthday (inscribed on title "D'Arcy Power amico suo W.R. Bett", with manuscript and printed ephemera tipped in. FIRST EDITION. Norman 1739. (3)

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[MEDICAL BIOGRAPHIES]. -- THACHER, James (1754-1844). American Medical Biography: or memoirs of eminent physicians who have flourished in America. To which is prefixed a succinct history of medical science in the United States, from the first settlement of the country. Boston: Richardson & others, 1828. 2 volumes bound in 1, 8o. 11 lithographed and 2 mezzotint portrait plates. Original half morocco gilt, marbled boards. Provenance: A. Brandford (presentation inscription on title "A. Brandford from the author"); John C. Warren (1778-1856), the American surgeon who participated in Morton's demonstration of ether anaesthetic (engraved armorial bookplate); Harvey Cushing (booklabel, stamped "withdrawn"); Yale Medical Library (bookplate on back pastedown). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY. "A valuable source of information on the early medical history of the United States" (Garrison-Morton 6710); Norman 2063. -- [MacMichael, William (1784-1839)]. The Gold-headed Cane. London: John Murray, 1827. 8o. Numerous text illustrations. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards (slightly scraped). Provenance: John, Duke of Bedford (engraved armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION. The adventures of a gold-headed cane which in succession belonged to Radcliffe, Mead, Askew, William and David Pitcairn and Baillie, before retiring to the library of the Royal College of Physicians in London. Biographies of the owners, as well as interesting insights on the practice of medicine in 18th-century England. Cushing M48; Garrison-Morton 6709; Heirs of Hippocrates 1397; Osler 6717; Waller 16091; Norman 1409. -- POWER, D'Arcy (1855-1941). Selected Writings. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1931. 4o. Photo-engraved portrait frontispiece of the author, 16 photographic plates, unnumbered folding plate, text illustrations. Original blue cloth, uncut. Provenance: Walter R. Bett (1903-1968), medical historian, subscriber and member of the committee that commissioned this collection of Power's historical, biographical, bibliographical and surgical writings in celebration of his seventy-fifth birthday (inscribed on title "D'Arcy Power amico suo W.R. Bett", with manuscript and printed ephemera tipped in. FIRST EDITION. Norman 1739. (3)