GERSDORFF, HANS VON. FELDTBUCH DER WUNDTARTZNEY. Strasbourg 1517. One of 2500 printed for members of The Editions Medicina Rara Ltd., this being #1080. Bound in half calf over marbled French paper. Numerous full-page and fold-out plates. Gersdorff performed nearly 200 amputations. He opposed Pare's abandonment of boiling oil for the cauterization of wounds. Illustrations include early surgical procedures and the first printed picture of an amputation. This special edition was produced at the Agathon Press, West Germany. Other than spine fade, a near fine copy in original slipcase. Facsimile edition. Price: USD 95.00 other currencies   order no. 000014    inquire

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