Johannes Scultetus — Armamentarium Chirurgicum

Germany, Editions Medicina Rara LTD; Druckerei Holzer, 1972. Leather. A near fine limited edition facsimile of Johannes Scultetus' important surgical guidebook, here with the original engravings. A limited edition work, limited to twenty-eight hundred copies, of which this is numbered one-thousand four-hundred and seven.A faithful facsimile of the original 1655 Ulm edition.In the original Latin.Illustrated with forty-three plates.Collated, complete.Johannes Scultetus' important guidebook of surgical instruments, techniques, and procedures.This work discusses trephination, mastectomy, wound and injury repair, caesareans, splinting, amputation, lithotomy, and more.In the original paper covered slipcase. Slipcase is in a very good condition.Undated, dated from WorldCat.Bookplate of Jennifer Diana Burton to the front paste down. In the original publisher's quarter morocco binding with paper to the boards, in the original paper covered boards. Externally, smart. Spine and extremities are a little faded. Bookplate to the front paste down. Slipcase is lightly faded with some light marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Slipcase is in a very good condition. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .