A treatise on surgical diseases, and the operations suited to them / by Baron Boyer.

New-York : Printed by T. and J. Swords, 1815-1816.

2 volumes (xv, 1 unnumbered page, 414 pages, 2 unnumbered pages; xi, 395 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 7, that is, 8 pagesleaves of plates) : illustrations (engravings) ; 22 cm (8vo)

Based on the author's lectures, and "intended chiefly for students" Cf. Author's pref

Errata: v. 1, final leaf

Half title: Boyer's Surgery

Slip with explanatory note tipped on to each plate in v. 2

Appendix (v. 1, p. [411]-414, with plate) consists largely of T. W. Roper's communication dated June 9, 1815, The history of a remarkable tumor; reprinted from the Medical repository, n. s., v. 3, p. 71-75

Translation of v. 1-4 of Traité des maladies chirurgicales et des opérations qui leur conviennent (Paris, 1814) "The translation ... convey[s] the spirit rather than the letter of the author's writings ... and four volumes of the original are compressed into two" - Translator's pref

Copy 1 Vol. 1 Supplier/Donor: Webb Dordick Note: Binding: Contemp. calf. Ownership inscription of Abr[aha]m Pulling.

Copy 1 Vol. 2 Supplier/Donor: Webb Dordick Note: Slips for plates 2 and 5 wanting. Plate 7 bound between plates [3] and [4]. Binding: Contemp. calf

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