The Principles and Practice of Surgery Embracing Minor and Operative Surgery; Volume II, Only

80 plates; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 769 pages; This is Vol II only of the 2 volume set. Boards detached; spine lacking, Calf leather covered boards remain with the book. Contents soundly bound and complete; front endpage detached but present. Prior owner - Jerome Z. Gerhard - with small cut paper bookplate to front pastedown and in manuscript to front (detached) flyleaf. Profusely illustrated; 80 engraved plates, each with between 7 and 15 figures. Many woodcuts in text. Expected light toning to page stock. Some small number of the engraved plates with mild toning/foxing. Lower inner corner of the last 50 or 60 pages have a shallow dicoloration / damp stain in the margin. An important and comprehensive Civil War era treatise on all areas of surgery; substantially illustrated. This is a binding or restoration copy. Good only thus. . Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping.