Oct 18, 2005 - Sale 2052

Sale 2052 - Lot 297

Price Realized: $ 360
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
WISEMAN, RICHARD. Eight Chirurgical Treatises . . . Fifth Edition. Half-title in first volume, not present in second. 2 volumes. 8vo, contemporary panelled calf, joints cracked, cords intact; contents browned. Signatures of Samuel Thomas dated 1720, and John Charles Ogilvie dated 1813. London: B. Tooke et al., 1719

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Important collection of writings on tumors, ulcers, diseases of the anus, scrofula, gunshot wounds, fractures and luxations, and venereal disease. Wiseman was the first to describe tuberculosis of the joints. Garrison-Morton 5573; Norman 2253 (1676 original edition).