Lot 112b, Auction 4/19/2024: Early American & French Medical Books (4 volumes)
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Lot 112b, Auction 4/19/2024: Early American & French Medical Books (4 volumes)

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(1) “The Student’s Quiz Series. Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Throat, and Nose. A Manual for Students and Practitioners” by Frank E. Miller, James P. McEvoy, and John E. Weeks. Series Edited by Bern B. Gallaudet. Philadelphia: Lea Brothers & Co., 1892. 224 pp; (2) “The Nervous System and its Constituent Neurones: Designed for the Use of Practitioners of Medicine and of Students of Medicine and Psychology” by Lewellys F. Barker. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1899. 1122 pp. with 2 colored plates and 676 illustrations; (3) “Hand-book or Modern Treatment and Medical Formulary: A Condensed and Comprehensive Manual of Practical Formulae and General Remedial Measures” compiled by W. B. Campbell. 3rd Ed. Philadelphia: F. A. Davis Company, Publishers, 1912. 483 pp; (4) “Curiosites Medico-Artistiques” 3rd Series by Lucien Nass. Paris: Librairie le Francois, 1914. 303 pp. with 249 engravings. Size of largest (“The Nervous System”): 6.9″ L x 2.1″ W x 9.5″ H (17.5 cm x 5.3 cm x 24.1 cm)

Condition: Wear to covers with scuffs, fraying, minute tears, stains, and bending to corners. Foxing and staining to pages but text and images are mostly clear. Loosening to cover of “Nervous System” and “Curiosites” has been rebound with newer cover. Some old library marks, labels, and stamps as well as marks from previous owners throughout.

Provenance: private Goldstein collection, Denver, Colorado, USA. The Goldstein’s have amassed their collection since the 1960s

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