ONE HUNDRED BOOKS FAMOUS IN MEDICINE
New York: The Grolier Club, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 1,500 copies printed in Robert Slimbach's Adobe Garamond type on Mohawk Superfine paper at The Stinehour Press. Signed by Haskell F. Norman on the half-title. This volume in the prestigious Grolier Hundred series provides an overview of key books, manuscripts, and images chronicling the evolution of medical knowledge from antiquity to the invention of the CAT scan. Detailed bibliographical descriptions were contributed by 23 experts in their fields, with each entry providing the title, the publication information, a bibliographical description, and an essay stating the medical and historical significance of the book. A 1994 Grolier Club exhibition accompanied its publication. Catalogue edited by Hope Mayo. Quarto: xlii, 392 p. with 32 color plates and 181 figures. Full cloth binding, with a gilt-stamped black leatherette spine label. A fine copy, housed in the publisher's slipcase. Fine. Item #76111
ISBN: 0910672121
Price: $200.00