**First Time At Auction**

Northern Europe, England, London, ca. 1768 to 1813 CE. An impressive collection of 4 first edition volumes of "Medical Transactions" published by the College of Physicians in London in 1768, 1772, 1785, and 1813, each bearing a label from the Harvard University Library of the Massachusetts Medical College, a stamp from the Colorado Medical Library Association, and a stamp from Dr. George Cheyne Shattuck, Sr. (American, 1783-1854), former president of the Massachusetts Medical Society from 1836 to 1840 who established the Shattuck Professorship of Pathological Anatomy at Harvard Medical School. Medical theory and practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases, their conditions, and treatments. A fascinating look at the growing technology and expansion of record keeping made possible by 18th-century advances in the printing press! Size (all about the same): 5.8" L x 1.6" W x 9" H (14.7 cm x 4.1 cm x 22.9 cm)

Volumes I and II were printed for S. Baker and J. Dodsley. Volume III was printed for J. Dodsley, P. Elmsly, and Leigh and Sotheby. Volume IV was printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row.

Provenance: private Goldstein collection, Denver, Colorado, USA. The Goldstein's have amassed their collection over the past six decades.

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Tearing and losses to bindings. Front cover of volume I is mostly detached and front cover of volume IV is loose. One or two loose pages at front of volumes I and II, others have one or two pages coming loose. All have tearing and folding to edges of pages, as well as bending to covers and foxing in areas. Nice preservation of text. Harvard University Library of the Mass. Medical College label, "Geo. C. Shattuck" stamp, and "Colo. Med. Lib'y Association" stamp on interior of each.