Osler, William

INCUNABULA MEDICA; A STUDY OF THE EARLIEST PRINTED MEDICAL BOOKS 1467-1480

      Oxford Oxford University Press . 1923 1st edition. Skillfully rebacked in quarter cloth with the original printed paper boards retained, new spine label, t.e.g., xi, 140 pp., 16 full-page plates. A bibliographic catalog listing 216 of Western Civilization's earliest medical texts compiled by one of the world's foremost physicians. Light damp-staining to the bottom edge of the rear paste-down, and bottom margins of the last 5 plates, otherwise very good condition. Birrell bookplate.