[SCIENCE/MEDICINE] 2 AMERICAN WORKS IN 4 VOLS
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SCIENCE/MEDICINE. Lot of 2 American works in 4 volumes sold together. Including: Mitchill, Samuel Latham; Miller, Edward. THE MEDICAL REPOSITORY, AND REVIEW OF AMERICAN PUBLICATIONS ON MEDICINE, SURGERY, AND THE AUXILIARY BRANCHES OF SCIENCE. 2 vols. New York: T. & J. Swords, 1804. 2 8vo. Paper boards, dampstained. Missing spines and lower board of vol I., boards rubbed/pitted, various imperfections. Some leaves uncut. Ex libris Herbert McLean Evans; bookplates on pasted endpapers, covering previous inked ownership. One Herbert McLean Evans (1882-1971) was an American anatomist and embryologist best known for co-discovering Vitamin E. * Olmstead, Denison. AN INTRODUCTION TO NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. 2 vols. New Haven: Hezekiah Howe & Co., 1835. 2 8vo. Full mottled calf boards. Spine with gilt rules, title in gilt in black label. All edges speckled. Vol I spine chipped. Pencil marginalia, drawing on lower free endpaper showing profile of Black man and caption "Abolition / Liberty + [x] at whatever sacrifice"; 2nd vol lower free endpaper with pencil notation "Is poligamy [sic] inevitable?" Ex libris James M. Shafter; stamps on free endpapers. One James McMillan Shafter (1816-1892) was an American politician who served in Vermont, Wisconsin, and California, and owned ranches in Marin county, California. was .Generally fair condition. *Additional images and detailed condition report available upon request.
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[SCIENCE/MEDICINE] 2 AMERICAN WORKS IN 4 VOLS
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