Author: Wilson, T.G.
Title: Victorian doctor. Being the life of Sir William Wilde.
Description: New York: L.B. Fischer, 1946 (1st ed.); 8vo (21.8 cm), (8+)336pp., index, bibliography, 61 bl-wh drawings by the author, brick-red cloth w. black ornaments and lettering, no dustwrapper. Spine slightly faded, else VG+ Dedication by the author plus typewritten and signed letter by the author inserted. As such rare. ¶ Biography of Oscar Wilde's Irish father and his medical career, a.o. with the Famine and cholera epidemic of 1845-48, and a scandal which brought him in court. This copy is dedicated to Dr. D. Six and the Jan Six Museum, visited by the Wilson family. In the charming letter enclosed Wilson expresses his gratitude for the visit, part of a tour through Holland, but "we saw nothing nicer than the Jan Six Museum".

Keywords: English literature biography medical history medicine, 19th c.