POTT, Percival. Chirurgical Observations relative to the Cataract, the Polypus of the Nose, the Cancer of the Scrotum, the Different Kinds of Ruptures, and the Mortification of the Toes and Feet, London: for L. Hawes, W. Clarke, and R. Collins, 1775, 8°, FIRST EDITION (title laid down on old paper and affected by long, closed tear, causing partial loss of the letter "s" of "toes" and slight misalignment of the imprint, impressed marks to G3v and G4r, small stain to K5v and K6r, light staining to inner margin of final leaf), 19th-century German marbled boards (spine chipped). [GM 2122: "first description of an occupational cancer (chimney-sweeps' cancer of the scrotum)"; Blake p. 360]

細節

POTT, Percival. Chirurgical Observations relative to the Cataract, the Polypus of the Nose, the Cancer of the Scrotum, the Different Kinds of Ruptures, and the Mortification of the Toes and Feet, London: for L. Hawes, W. Clarke, and R. Collins, 1775, 8°, FIRST EDITION (title laid down on old paper and affected by long, closed tear, causing partial loss of the letter "s" of "toes" and slight misalignment of the imprint, impressed marks to G3^v and G4^r, small stain to K5^v and K6^r, light staining to inner margin of final leaf), 19th-century German marbled boards (spine chipped). [GM 2122: "first description of an occupational cancer (chimney-sweeps' cancer of the scrotum)"; Blake p. 360]

來源

Robert Roxburgh 26/2/80, ownership inscription to title. According to the testimony of a direct descendant, Robert Roxburgh "was a one-time House Surgeon to Lord Lister and much loved G.P. in Weston-super-Mare, so popular that at the time of his death the railway station was festooned in black."