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Lyon: Jean Gregoire, 1664. 12th Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. LES OEUVRES DE AMBROISE PARE, CONSEILLER ER PREMIER CHIRURGIEN DU ROY by Ambroise Paré. Folio. 852 text pages + index. Contemporaneous full leather over boards. Spine is gilt stamped with raised bands and seven compartments. Hinges are sound. Pages browned, occasional small stains. Corners bumped. Top and bottom corners of spine and front edges of boards are rubbed. Page 653 damaged & taped, and laid over full blank page. No bookplate. Several "ex libris...." in antique hand. All pages from 1-852 are present, as are all introductory pages, as well as the index. Thirty books in one volume with profusely illustrated with woodcuts. Covers diverse topics including anatomy, muscles, the skeleton, tumors, wounds of war, arthritis, gangrene, leprosy & plague, childbirth, bandages, fractures, distillations, surgical instruments, prostheses, and bizarre creatures. Ambroise… Read More

St. Louis, 1965. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Baskin, Leonard. Rare. One of only 250 copies. In Fine condition, in a very good slipcase. Includes the calling card of the author Joseph Pulitzer Jr. With five original etchings by Leonard Baskin, printed by hand by Robert Hunsberger. No markings, binding is tight, pages are crisp, etchings are bright. Quarto, 69 pp, quarter black Niger goatskin spine with gilt stamped title, blue paper boards. Five essays by Joseph Pulitzer Jr. on journalism. Grandson of the famous newspaper owner Joseph Pulitzer, born Joseph Pulitzer III, he adopted the Junior designation at his father's death. He was the Chairman of the Pulitzer Prize board at Columbia University, and was the last member of the Pulitzer family to participate.