A Treatise on the Diseases of the Joints: Being the Observations for Which the Prize for 1806 was Adjudged by the Royal College of Surgeons in London

London: Printed for Richard Phillips, 1807. First edition. Leather bound. 191pp. Small octavo [19 cm] 3/4 brown leather with marbled paper covered boards, and a black leather gilt stamped title label and gilt ruled lines on the spine. Very good. The covers are gently rubbed. There is a scratch on the front cover that measures 3 and 1/2 inches long. The top edge of the text block is mildly soiled, and has a very small light stain. The endsheets are lightly foxed. There is occasional light foxing throughout the gently yellowed pages. Covers inflamed joints, cartilaginous substances, white swelling and much more.