Author: H. R. Denham; Sir Henry Hallett Dale
Title: A Catalogue of Printed Books in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library
Description: London, The Wellcome Historical Medical Library , 1962-1976. First edition. Cloth. Three smart first edition volumes comprising a catalogue of the printed books in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library, compiled by H. R. Denham. An extensive catalogue in three volumes of the printed books in the Wellcome Library, compiled by H. R. Denham. The first editions. The Wellcome Library, founded on the collection of Sir Henry Wellcome, is one of the most ambitious collections of the twentieth century. The founder was interested in the history of medicine, including subjects such as alchemy or witchcraft, anthropology and ethnography. The collection includes books on the history of medicine, medical and Asian books, archives and manuscripts, rare books, paintings, prints, and drawings, moving image and sound, and Wellcome images. These catalogues are of the books printed before 1641, with a foreword by Sir Henry Hallett Dale, and books printed from 1641 to 1850 in two volumes, covering the catalogue from A-L. Lacking Vol. IV and V which complete the catalogue. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with only minor shelf wear and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. The boards of the first two volumes have some minor faint handling marks, with some minor soiling to the rear board of vol. I. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .

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