Feb 04, 2016 - Sale 2404

Sale 2404 - Lot 298

Price Realized: $ 5,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
THE FIRST WORK ON SURGERY PRINTED IN CUBA (CUBA--MEDICINE.) Córdoba, Francisco Xavier de. Oracion inaugural que en elogio de la cirugia. [4], xxx pages. 4to, modern calf gilt, minor wear; foxing, page numbers partially cropped, inked stamp erased from page [3]. Havana, 1797
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A lecture on surgery given at the opening of the Royal Hospital of San Ambrosio in 1797. "Es el primer trabajo sobre cirugia impreso en Cuba"--Trelles, Ensayo de bibliografia cubana, page 108. Medina, Habana 150. Not in Palau, none in OCLC, and none known at auction.