With 15 original lithographs of American physicians
American medical biography: or memoirs of eminent physicians who have flourished in America. To which is prefixed a succinct history of medical science in the United States
Boston: Richardson & Lord and Cottons & Barnard, 1828. First edition, 2 volumes in 1, as issued; 8vo, pp. vi, [3], 10-436; [5], 6-280; uncut; full complement of the plates, including the lithograph frontispiece portrait of the author plus 14 lithograph portraits of physicians by Pendleton; recent plain wrappers, added paper labels on upper cover and spine; a few insignificant tears (never any loss of text); very good. "The first American medical biography ... has preserved for posterity the names of many physicians that otherwise might have been lost ... the chief source book of the period; nearly always accurate" (DAB). Howes T-147; American Imprints 35480. Item #54919
Price: $450.00
