Acrel olaus a (2 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Octavo. 2 volumes bound in one. I: 479pp.; II: 472pp. Contemporary half brown calf over marbled boards. All edges red. With 12 fold-out engraved plates at rear. A very good copy.

Hardcover. Condición: Very good +. 2 parts in one vol.: 479, 472 p. + plates. 18 cm. 12 fold-out engraved copperplates at rear. Vellum binding with leather spine label. Red text block edges. Some soiling to exterior and corners a bit bumped. Occasional dampstains. The eminent Swedish surgeon and physician Olaus Acrel practised in Stockholm, where for half a century he was considered as the first man in his profession. He was appointed director general of all the hospitals in the kingdom, had titles of nobility conferred upon him, and died at an advanced age in 1807 having published various works in the Swedish language. This German translation from the original Swedish was by Johan Andreas (Anders) Murray, a Swedish physician who, despite his Scottish-sounding name, was of German descent.…