PRINTED 1769 A TREATISE ON THE OPERATIONS OF SURGERY DESCRIPTION OF INSTRUMENTS

Description

Up for auction a rare English volume on surgery, and surgical instruments titled:
A Treatise On the Operations of Surgery, with a description and representation of the instruments used in performing them: to which is prefix'd an introduction on the nature and treatment of wounds, abscesses and ulcers ...
/ By Samuel Sharpe. Fellow of the Royal Society, and Member of the Academy of Surgery Paris. The Ninth Edition. London. Printed for Roberson and Roberts, in Paternoster, Row. 1769.
This volume is complete with fourteen engraved plates.
Condition: Good Bound in full leather boards show heavy wear scuff marks bumped corners some loss around head and heal of spine. Internally very good pages bright and clean no foxing all plates in very good condition. 20th century signature pastedown in blue ink top right corner.  In addition is a much older signature ( Malcom M. Laurin) title page as per my photo. As always any questions feel free to ask.
“Samuel Sharp FRS (1709–1778) was an English surgeon and author.
As a surgeon at Guy's Hospital, from 1733 to 1757, was internationally famous. His A Treatise on the Operations of Surgery (1st ed., 1739), was the first British study focuses exclusively on operative technique.”