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ESSER, J.F.S. Esser Inlay. Holland: 1940. 2o. Approx. 1500 illustrations (slight browning, mostly marginal). Quarter scarlet morocco gilt, cloth boards. Provenance: American College of Surgeons (stamp on front free endpaper). Detailed description of the technique of Epithelial inlay (or Esser Inlay) invented by Esser at the begining of the First World War, the most important step made in plastic surgery during the War. -- ESSER. Biological or Artery Flaps of the Face. Monaco: for the Editor of the Institute Esser de Chirurgie Structive, [c.1925-30]. 2o. 420 plates. Original pigskin (extremities rubbed, a few small scrapes). Detailed account of a second technique introduced by Esser in 1915, after his techniques of epithelial inlay, and the rotation of the cheek.