RHINOPLASTY L B Curious Chirurgical Operation In The Gent

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(RHINOPLASTY.) L., B. Curious Chirurgical Operation [caption heading]. in: The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 64, Part 2, Number 4, pages 891-92. 19 engraved plates (including rhinoplasty plate facing page 883). [2], 586-1212, [16] pages. 8vo, contemporary 1/4 sheep, needs rebacking. Early stamps of Regius College, Oxford (duplicate), on general title and at end; later bookplate of Robert Clerk Eglesfield of Regius College. London: John Nichols, 1794

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first edition. "The first report published in Europe on the so-called Indian or Hindu method of rhinoplasty using a forehead flap, accompanied by an engraving of the patient, Cowasjee, with a restored nose and showing the stages of the operation"--Garrison-Morton 5735.1.