The lectures of Sir Astley Cooper on the principles and practice of surgery, with additional notes and cases by Frederick Tyrrell. Fourth American from the last London edition. The three volumes complete in one.
by COOPER, Sir Astley Paston (1768-1841)
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Philadelphia:: E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1835., 1835. Small 4to. (229 x 136 mm) viii, (9)-648 pp. 6 engraved plates (2 color); some staining to lower corners. Full modern brown calf, gilt-stamped black leather spine label, gilt-stamped raised bands. Ownership signatures and ink stamps on title-page [Samuel A. Goldman, MD, professor of physiology and urologist of San Francisco, and Dr. F.C. Gasman, and an ink signature [or stamp?] of G.H. Michell, preface also rubber-stamped with the ownership marks of Goldman and S.R. Ellison, MD of New York]. Very good. Frederick Tyrrell (1793-1843), a nephew of Sir Astley Cooper, Tyrell was one of Thomas Wakley's "Three Ninnyhammers" and was co-proprietor of the Aldersgate Private Medical Academy (founded 1825) with William Lawrence. He was also assistant surgeon at London Eye Infirmary, and surgeon to St. Thomas' Hospital. Cordasco 30-0212 (2nd American ed.); DNB Vol. IV, pp. 1062-64; Wellcome II p. 387 (1st London ed.).
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- Bookseller
- Jeff Weber Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The lectures of Sir Astley Cooper on the principles and practice of surgery, with additional notes and cases by Frederick Tyrrell. Fourth American from the last London edition. The three volumes complete in one.
- Author
- COOPER, Sir Astley Paston (1768-1841)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1835.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia:
- Date Published
- 1835
- Keywords
- Surgery
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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