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GROSS, Samuel (1805-1884). A System of Surgery; Pathological, Diagnostic, Therapeutic, and Operative. Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea, 1859.
2 volumes, 8o (230 x 145 mm). Numerous wood-engravings in text. Contemporary calf, black morocco spine labels (rubbed).
FIRST EDITION of the most important American surgery textbook of the nineteenth century and one of the greatest surgical treatises ever written. Gross set out to write the most comprensive work in English and produced nearly 2,400 pages of text illustrated with 936 wood-engravings. It was issued only in leather at a cost of $12, then a substantial price for a textbook. Garrison-Morton 5607; Heirs of Hippocrates 931. (2)
2 volumes, 8o (230 x 145 mm). Numerous wood-engravings in text. Contemporary calf, black morocco spine labels (rubbed).
FIRST EDITION of the most important American surgery textbook of the nineteenth century and one of the greatest surgical treatises ever written. Gross set out to write the most comprensive work in English and produced nearly 2,400 pages of text illustrated with 936 wood-engravings. It was issued only in leather at a cost of $12, then a substantial price for a textbook. Garrison-Morton 5607; Heirs of Hippocrates 931. (2)