SHARP, SAMUEL. Tratado das Operaçoens de Cirurgia [Treatise on Surgical Operations.”]

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $450

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author

(MEDICINE)

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Joseph de Aquino Bulhoens

Place

Lisbon

Publication

1773

Description

Translated from English into Portuguese by Jacob de Castro-Sarmento. Replete with plates of surgical instruments, including two foldout leaves at end. Wide-margined copy

references

cf. H. Friedenwald, The Jews and Medicine, p. 458

pp. (12), 315, (blank). Trace stained. Generally, crisp, clean copy. Contemporary mottled calf, gently rubbed. 4to

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