The Half-Yearly Abstract of the Medical Sciences: Being a Digest of British and Continental Medicine, and of the Progress of Medicine and the Collateral Sciences. Vol. L (July-December 1869); Vol. LI (January-June 1870)

Stone, William Domett (Editor). The Half-Yearly Abstract of the Medical Sciences: Being a Digest of British and Continental Medicine, and of the Progress of Medicine and the Collateral Sciences. Vol. L (July-December 1869); Vol. LI (January-June 1870). Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea, 1870. First edition. Large octavo. VIII, 9-296, VIII, 9-296pp. Original 3/4 leather over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering on spine. Raised bands. Printer’s device on both title-pages. Scarce and fascinating medical work being a compilation of volumes 50 and 51 of the ‘”Half-Yearly Abstract of the Medical Science” covering the latest medical discoveries in the late1860s, early 1870’s. Some age-wear on binding with heavy rubbing on spine and along edges of binding. Some abrasion on leather. Previous owners’ stamps on endpapers (Drs. Young & Young; Frank B. Young, M.D.) Contemporary inscription from previous owner on inside of front cover, and dated 1879. Minor age-toning along paper margin. Binding in overall poor to fair, interior in good to very good condition. fair. Hardcover. (25451) $95