LOWE PETER A Discourse of the Whole Art of Chyrurgerie 1634

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LOWE, PETER. A Discourse of the Whole Art of Chyrurgerie . . . Whereunto is added the Rule of making Remedies which Chyrurgions doe commonly use; with the Presages of Divine Hippocrates. Full-page woodcut arms of the dedicatee, the Earl of Abercorn, on title verso; 22 mostly full-page woodcut illustrations of surgical and dental instruments, prosthetics, anatomical subjects, etc. [24], 447, [9]; [31] pages. Black letter. 4to, contemporary sheep, rebacked with morocco, endpapers renewed; contents toned, with some foxing and soiling, marginal dampstaining at end, last leaf rehinged; cloth folding case. London: Thomas Purfoot, 1634

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Originally published in 1596, "the first systematic work on the whole subject of surgery written in England" (Garrison-Morton), written partly in dialogue form and based on the author's practice in France, where he lived for nearly 3 decades; the illustrations are derived from the works of Ambroise Paré. Lowe (circa 1550-1610) was a Scottish surgeon who founded the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow. Garrison-Morton 5567 (original edition); Krivatsy 7153; STC 16871 (this edition); Hoffmann-Axthelm, page 155.