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Thomas Joseph Pettigrew "Medical Portrait Gallery. Biographical Memoirs of the Most Celebrated Physicians, Surgeons, etc. etc. Who Have Contributed to the Advancement of Medical Science" Vols I & II. London and Paris: Fisher, Son, & Co., 1838; Vols III & IV. London: Whittaker and Co., 1840. A wonderful collection of 4 first edition volumes of "Medical Portrait Gallery. Biographical Memoirs of the Most Celebrated Physicians, Surgeons, etc. etc. Who Have Contributed to the Advancement of Medical Science" in 3 books, written by Thomas Joseph Pettigrew (British, 1791-1865) and containing 49 steel-engraved portraits and 2 leaves of engraved facsimiles. The volumes consist of 59 biographical and 1 autobiographical essays of people important in medical history, each essay separately paginated, from 4 to 40 pages long. Size of largest (book of volumes 3 & 4): 7.5" L x 1.75" W x 10.5" H (19 cm x 4.4 cm x 26.7 cm)
**For Serious Buyers Only: In the absence of a definitive collation for this work, please inquire regarding numbers and conditions of specific illustrated plates and pages.**
Provenance: private Goldstein collection, Denver, Colorado, USA. The Goldstein's have amassed their collection over the past six decades.
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Thomas Joseph Pettigrew "Medical Portrait Gallery. Biographical Memoirs of the Most Celebrated Physicians, Surgeons, etc. etc. Who Have Contributed to the Advancement of Medical Science" Vols I & II. London and Paris: Fisher, Son, & Co., 1838; Vols III & IV. London: Whittaker and Co., 1840. A wonderful collection of 4 first edition volumes of "Medical Portrait Gallery. Biographical Memoirs of the Most Celebrated Physicians, Surgeons, etc. etc. Who Have Contributed to the Advancement of Medical Science" in 3 books, written by Thomas Joseph Pettigrew (British, 1791-1865) and containing 49 steel-engraved portraits and 2 leaves of engraved facsimiles. The volumes consist of 59 biographical and 1 autobiographical essays of people important in medical history, each essay separately paginated, from 4 to 40 pages long. Size of largest (book of volumes 3 & 4): 7.5" L x 1.75" W x 10.5" H (19 cm x 4.4 cm x 26.7 cm)
**For Serious Buyers Only: In the absence of a definitive collation for this work, please inquire regarding numbers and conditions of specific illustrated plates and pages.**
Provenance: private Goldstein collection, Denver, Colorado, USA. The Goldstein's have amassed their collection over the past six decades.
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#177143
Condition
All have fraying, tearing, rubbing, and chipping to covers with bending to corners. Book of Vols 3 & 4 has damp stain to first few pages and front cover and spine detached from pages, but still connected to back cover. Foxing to pages in Vols 1 &2. All have discoloring to pages and old marks and labels from libraries and previous owners. Text and images still clear. Plates have not been collated. Please inquire for more detail regarding number and condition of specific plates and pages.
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1st Edition Books "Medical Portrait Gallery" Vols 1-4
$500.00
$750
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