Photographic illustrations of cutaneous syphilis

New York: E.B. Treat, 1881. FIRST EDITION. With 48 hand-coloured photographic plates. Modern half-calf and marbled boards; interior toned with only minimal browning. A very nice copy. First edition. Like his Photographic illustrations of skin diseases, published a year earlier, Fox's aim was "to present a practical exposition of the subject with special reference to points of diagnosis and treatment" (preface). The photographic plates, produced by Harroun and Bierstadt of New York, depict a wide variety of dermatologic manifestations of syphilis.

Fox (1846-1937) was a professor of dermatology at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York, and was the longest surviving member of the six founders of the American Dermatological Association. "His contributions to dermatologic teaching were unmatched. His writings were numerous and outstanding, including the first photographic atlas of skin diseases" (Shelley).