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BOYER, (Alexis) Baron. A Treatise On Surgical Diseases. And the Operations Suited to Them. Translated from the French by Alexander H. Stevens...With Notes, and an Appendix By the Translator.
New York: Printed by T. and J. Swords, 1815-1816. In two volumes. First U.S. edition and first edition in English. Small 4to., recently rebound in full brown panelled calf, raised bands, gilt compartments, leather spine label (after the period), (xvi), 414, (1)p. errata; (xii), 395, (1)p. With eight engraved plates. Some scattered foxing and some browning but still a near fine copy of this work.
Steven's translation of Boyer's four volume Tratie des Maladies Chirugicales et des Operations...(Paris, 1814). ‘The translation... convey(s) the spirit rather than the letter of the author's writings...and four volumes of the original are compressed into two.'(Preface). The work was based on Boyer's lectures and ‘intended chiefly for student.' Austin 262; Shaw et Shoemaker, 34186.