THE EDWIN SMITH SURGICAL PAPYRUS, PUBLISHED IN FACSIMILE AND HIEROGLYPHIC TRANSLITERATION AND COMMENTARY by BREASTED, JAMES HENRY - 1984

* * * * * : the Classics of Medicine Library / Gryphon Editions, Ltd. , 1984. Special Edition . Hardcover. Fine. 1984 Cover Book: Fine/, Near As New/, . Cover Book: Fine/, Near As New/, $48.80 the EDWIN SMITH SURGICAL PAPYRUS, Published in Facsimile and Hieroglyphic Transliteration with Translation and Commentary in Two Volumes. VOLume II. * Edited By: BREASTED, JAMES HENRY the Classics of Medicine Library / Gryphon Editions, Ltd. 1984 Special Edition Tall Wide Thick And Heavy H/c Green Leather Material, 4 Embossed Ribbed Spine And Title In Polished Gold Letters, Hard Cover Book: Fine/, Near As New/, Slightest Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. 596 Numbered Pages Clean And Tight To The Spine, Printed On 0ff~White Paper, In As New/ Condition. Outside Page Edges Are In Polished Gold Edging. Storage Shelf Lean, Where The Front Cover Is More To The Right Than The Rear Cover, Due To Improper Shelf Storage. Green Satin Page Marker. Corners Are Very Lightly Bumped. Spine Is Tight. D/j: None. This… Read More

The Classics of Medicine Library. A beautiful, crisp, clean leather bound hardcover in near fine condition; faint shelfwear. Volume I only. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1984.

Classics of Medicine Library. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1984. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Vol 1 only. Publisher's bookplate to front pastedown with copy #118 and original owner's name. Gilt dec dark green leather with slight edgewear. All edges gilt, slightly scuffed. Solid binding and clean text. Not ex-library. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Classics of Medicine Library, 1984. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. good condition, volume one only, pages are clean and free of markings, light wear to corners and edges, has dust jacket where applicable, ships same or next business day

University of Chicago Press. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. Hardcover. Folio hardcover, unworn unread and quite FINE in VG+ DJ (has done a remarkable job in protecting the book) , now in clear mylar jacket protector. Solid and very bright book, special paper and type. Contains "The forty six plates in this volume contain the original text of the E Smith Papyrus as far as it is preserved to us: facsimilie Plates I to XXII, and in hieroglyphic transliteration on Plates IA to XXIIA." Thousands of years old, early Pyramid era. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall .

The University of Chicago Press, USA, 1930. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Folio (13 to 15 inches). Binding tight, spine fine. Scattered foxing, but text mostly clean. Edges moderately browned/ foxed. Minor marks and wear to book. **Heavy Book. A Postage surcharge may be requested. Contact us BEFORE ordering for a quote. Click Ask Bookseller a Question** ** Due to excessive postage cost - this book will NOT be shipped outside Australia** OZ customers should seek a quote via the Ask the Bookseller a Question link.

Birmingham, Alabana; The Classics of Medicine Library/Gryphon Editions; 1984.. Special Limited Edition; Thick Demy 4to; pp. [iv], xxiv, 596, (8); marbled endpapers, coloured frontispiece, 8 full page b/w. plates at end of volume, bound in full green leather, raised bands, title lettered in gilt on spine gilt decoration on spine and boards, all edges gilt, original silk page marker, fine copy. This is No. 22 of the Classics of Medicine Library series and was printed from the 1930 first edition, courtesy of The Reynolds Historical Library.

The University of Chicago Press, 1930. Hardcover. Good. Volume 1 only. Folio. xxiv, 596, viii. Original brown cloth with dark brown spine. Gilt lettering to spine. Boards lightly worn especially at extremities. Bumping to corners. Hinges cracked reinforced with binding tape. Ex-library stamps and markings. Interior pages are clean, unmarked and in very good condition. <br><br> Volume one covers hieroglyphic transliterations, translation and commentary. The papyrus is named after Edwin Smith, who purchased the document in January 1862 during his stay at Thebes. The papyrus is the oldest known surgical treatise and consists entirely of case reports focusing on trauma and surgery. James Henry Breasted provided the first translation of the papyrus. The translation changed the history of medicine. <br>Ships daily.This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside of Canada and the US.

University of Chicago Press. Used - Good. 1930. Cloth. Quarto & folio. Two volume set. xxiv & 596 pp & 8 plates, xiii pp & 22 plates. Some shelf wear and scuffing to boards. Corners somewhat bumped and frayed. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown of both volumes. A few penciled margin notes to first volume. Altogether a complete set in Good condition. (Subject: Ancient, Egyptology.)