A Winter in Paris: Being a Few Experiences and Observations of French Medical and Sanitary Matters Gained during the Season of 1865-6. PRESENTATION COPY FROM SIMMS TO HIS WIFE

SIMMS, Frederick M.B. Lond.

Published by London: John Churchill & Sons, 1866.

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3 leaves [title page, dedication, contents; LACKING HALF-TITLE LEAF], [ix]-xi, 151 pp; two sepia photographs mounted on thicker paper (to be found opposite the title page and p. [ix]); LACKING ERRATA SLIP to be found at p. 1. Full brown leather, with five raised bands on the spine, probably a presentation binding (the book was published in a red cloth). All edges gilt. Leather of spine scuffed. Foxed. Very Good. First Edition. INSCRIBED ON FRONT FLYLEAF: "This volume was given/ to his wife by the author a. d. 1866" (see photo). This Frederick Simms, a physician, should not be confused with the engineers Frederick Walker Simms or Frederick Richard Simms. Frederick Simms was admitted to the Royal College of Physicians of London on April 15, 1867. His address at the time was 46, Wimpole Street, London. I have seen it stated that Simms was a member of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, but I cannot confirm that, and believe it is mistaken. In the November 24, 1866, issue of The British Medical Journal, p. 578, there was a brief review of Simms's book: "The author has put together, for the benefit of English medical men visiting Paris, the notes which he made in the medical institutions of that city during his stay there. He describes: the Department of Public Assistance inasmuch as it relates to the Hospitals of Paris; the General Hospitals; and the Special Hospitals of Paris; the School of Medicine, and Method of Medical Education; and the Sanitary Arrangements of Paris. The book will be found an useful and agreeable guide to our medical friends who are for the first time visiting the French metropolis." Simms died in 1891 at age 56 of apoplexy. OCLC locates copies in these US libraries: Boston Athenaeum, California Irvine, Harvard (Countway), National Library of Medicine, Texas (Harry Ransom, Photography Collection), Wisconsin (I have not included OCLC listings that I cannot confirm). NOTE ABOUT PHOTOS: I can supply more photos, upon request (ABEBooks allows only 5 photos per item).

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• Title: A Winter in Paris: Being a Few Experiences and Observations of French Medical and Sanitary Matters Gained during the Season of 1865-6. PRESENTATION COPY FROM SIMMS TO HIS WIFE
• Publisher: London: John Churchill & Sons, 1866.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)