An Account of Two Successful Operations for Restoring a Lost Nose

Carpue, Joseph Constantine. An Account of Two Successful Operations for Restoring a Lost Nose. Birmingham: The Classics of Medicine Library, 1981. Limited edition. Quarto. XV, [1], 32, [10], II, 102, [6]pp. Original gold-tooled leather with gold lettering on spine. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Ribbon marker. Publisher’s booklet laid in. Remarkable facsimile of the 1816 first edition published in London by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown. Its author, Joseph Constantine Carpue, an eminent London surgeon, had revived ancient Hindu procedures in performing the first rhinoplastic operations in Europe in modern times. Binding and interior in fine condition. vg. Hardcover. (32590) $65