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HEISTER, LORENZ. Chirurgie... Neue viel vermehrte und verbesserte Auflage. 38 folding engraved plates. [16], 1078, [24] pages, including engraved

HEISTER, LORENZ. Chirurgie... Neue viel vermehrte und verbesserte Auflage. 38 folding engraved plates. [16], 1078, [24] pages, including engraved frontispiece portrait. 4to, contemporary calf, spine ends chipped, front joint cracked, cords intact; text browned, most plates relatively clean, plate 27 detached. Nuremberg: Johann Adam Stein & Gabriel Nicolaus Raspé, 1750

  • Notes: "Heister was the founder of scientific surgery in Germany. His book... was the most popular surgical text of the 18th century"--Garrison-Morton 5576 (1718 original edition).

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