Author: WOODALL, JOHN. Title: The Surgions Mate. A complete facsimile of the book published in 1617. Introduction and Appendix by John Kirkup.
Description: 8vo; pp. xxxiv, [xxvi], 348, 12 index; frontispiece, 5 plates, 1 map, chronology of John Woodall, references and bibliography, appendix, original cloth, price clipped dustjacket, minor dust flecks to top page edges; otherwise a very good copy. (Bath, Kingsmead Press, 1978). "First editions of The Surgions mate are rarities, only eleven copies being recorded world-wide whilst the other three editions are extremely scarce: this first reprinting since the seventeenth century is enlarged by an introductory essay with biographical outline." The first textbook for navel surgeons.
Keywords: marine medical maritime
Price: AUD 75.00 = appr. US$ 51.89 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 101350