A bio-bibliography of Edward Jenner, 1749-1823.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, [1951]. Edition limited to 500 copies, 4to, pp. xx, 176; frontispiece portrait and 27 facsimiles on plates throughout; spine ends just beginning to fray, otherwise very good in original light green morocco-grained cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Jenner (1749-1823) is best known as the discoverer of vaccination, but, as this compilation makes clear, the good doctor's scientific inquiries ranged widely, from botany to medicine to zoology. Item #27356
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