Three Dissertations on Boylston Prize Questions for the Years 1806 and 1807. Being the Dissertations to Which the Boylston Prize Medals Were Adjudged.
Boston: Farrand, Mallory & Company, 1808.
192pp., 8vo, full leather, neatly recased, red leather spine label. Boston: Farrand, Mallory & Company, 1808. First edition. A very good (+) copy.
First Edition. Austin 1736. Sabin 79871. This volume contains three prestigious Boylston Prize-winning dissertations by Shattuck (1784-1854) who had an extraordinary talent for writing medical papers. The clarity and excellent presentation of these papers are inspirations to the contemporary student. Shattuck was a distinguished Boston physician and philanthropist. He helped finance John James Audubon's Birds of America.
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good(+)
Language: English
Price: $200.00
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