Lot 281
Dentistry - Tolver, A. - Hoffmann, Frederick
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 4 September 2013 at 12:00 BST
Description
A treatise on the teeth. London: Lockyer Davies, 1752. Second edition [ESTC N14039]; bound with Hoffmann, Frederick A treatise on the teeth. London: Lockyer Davies, 1753. Second edition [first English edition], a few neat ink annotations in an early hand, repair to foremargin of page 25 with no loss of text [ESTC N14198]; uniform 8vo, two works in one volume, contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards, red morocco label, lettered gilt, contemporary ownership inscription on the half-title of the first work and on the title of the second of Fremayne [Mernzies Campbell 9,10. Crowley 1513, 1514]
Footnote
Note: Two very rare early English dentistry works bound in a contemporary binding. It is believed that Tolver was responsible for translating into English Hoffmann's Treatise on the Teeth.