Modern half calf over marbled boards
1832 · Boston
by Scouttetten, [Raoul Henri Joseph]. A. Sidney Doane, trans
Boston: Carter and Hendee, 1832. First American edition. Modern half calf over marbled boards. A very good copy, new endpapers, rebound, boards lightly rubbed, scattered foxing, map with small tears at folds and one paper tape repair.. vi, [5]-100 pp. Illus. with 1 folding map. Sm. 4to. First English translation of Scouttetten's pioneering study of the ravages of cholera. The author (1799-1871) was a famed French military surgeon, and professor at the School of Medicine in Strassburg, who was sent to Berlin in 1831. Amer. Imprints 14644. Cordasco 30-0787. (Inventory #: 35201)