System der Chirurgie (The System of Surgery)

Wien: NP, 1803. Hardcover. fair. Sm. 8vo. iv.410pp. Original three-quarter calf over marbled boards. Age wearing throughout binding. Upper half of backstrip missing. Raised bands on lower half. Corners bumped and worn. Scuffing and discoloration to boards. Red page edges. Marbled endpapers. Ribbon marker. Welling and some sporadic foxing to pages not affecting text. This is the second volume, part 38 of a series 'Auserlesene medizinische Bibliothek oder Sammlung der neuesten und besten Werke in der Heilkunde, und den damit verwandten Wissenschaften". Illustrated with 2 b/w fold-out plates. Text in German, gothic script. Binding in fair, interior in good condition.