Title: A Leaf from the First English Translation of Ambroise Paré, 1634
Author: **
Description: Introduction by Dr. Edmund E. Simpson. With original leaf, laid in loose (originally tipped-in with tape, tape still present on leaf). 13x8¾, orange wrappers. 1 of 85 copies printed by Edmund Simpson at the Blackwood Press.Leaf 12¼x8" with a wood-engraved pipe vignette and two initials, from pp. 303-304 "Of Particular Tumors against Nature."
Heading: (Blackwood Press - Leaf Book)Place Published: Sacramento
Publisher: The Blackwood Press
Date Published: 1970
Author: **
Description: Introduction by Dr. Edmund E. Simpson. With original leaf, laid in loose (originally tipped-in with tape, tape still present on leaf). 13x8¾, orange wrappers. 1 of 85 copies printed by Edmund Simpson at the Blackwood Press.Leaf 12¼x8" with a wood-engraved pipe vignette and two initials, from pp. 303-304 "Of Particular Tumors against Nature."
Heading: (Blackwood Press - Leaf Book)Place Published: Sacramento
Publisher: The Blackwood Press
Date Published: 1970
Condition report
Lacks front cover label with glue remnants present, other light wear, else very good.
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Collection of Fine California Press Books
1:00 PM PT - May 8th, 2008
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