**Originally Listed At $600**
6 First Edition Books: "Letters from a Father to His Son, On Various Topics, Relative to Literature and the Conduct of Life. Written in the years 1792-1793" by J. Aiken M.D. (Philadelphia: Samuel Harrison Smith, 1794); "A memoir of James Jackson, Jr., M.D: with extracts from his letters to his father, and medical cases collected by him" by James Jackson, M.D. (Boston: I.R. Butts, 1835); "Necrological Notice of Dr. Philip Syng Physick; delivered before the American Philosophical Society, May 4, 1838" by W.E. Horner, M.D. (Philadelphia: Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell, 1838). Signed by Dr. Philip Syng Phisick (American, 1768 - 1837); "Biographical Memoirs of the Most Celebrated Physicians, Surgeons, Etc. Etc. Who Have Contributed to the Advancement of Medical Science [from the Medical Portrait Gallery]" by Thomas Joseph Pettigrew, F.R.S., F.A.S., F.L.S. (London: Whittaker and Co., 1839); Size of largest ("Biographical Memoirs…": 7.8" L x 1.8" W x 10.6" H (19.8 cm x 4.6 cm x 26.9 cm)
"American Medical Biography: or, Memoirs of Eminent Physicians, Embracing the Principally Those Who Have Died Since the Publication of Dr. Thatcher's Work on the Same Subject. With Engravings" by Stephen W. Williams, M.D. (Greenfield, Mass.: L. Merriam and Co., Printers, 1845); "The medical men of the revolution with a brief history of the medical department of the continental army. Containing the names of nearly twelve hundred physicians. An Address Before the Alumni Association of Jefferson Medical College, March 11, 1876" by J.M. Toner, M.D. (Philadelphia: Collins, Printer: 1876).
Provenance: private Goldstein collection, Denver, Colorado, USA. The Goldstein's have amassed their collection over the past six decades.
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Condition
"Necrological Notice of Philip Syng Physick…" has been signed by Dr. Philip Syng Physick. Front cover of "Letters" is detached and cover of "American Medical Biography" is loose and reattached with tape. Some loose pages and torn edges to "Necrological Notice." Others are intact and in over all very good condition with some wear to covers and foxing to pages. All have good preservation of text.