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Sale 697 - Fine Books and Manuscripts including Americana
Nov 6, 2019
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BERKELEY, Carter Burwell (1768-1839). Tentamen medicum inaugurale, de corpore humano quaedam complectens... Edinburgh: Adam Neill, 1793.
8vo. Half-title. Contemporary tree calf gilt, smooth spine gilt, red morocco lettering-pieces gilt (light rubbing to extremities).
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO HIS BROTHER: "Mr. William Berkeley From his Affte. Friend & Brother The Author." Berkeley received his medical degree in 1793 from the Univeristy of Edinburgh; on the completion of his studies, he returned home to Virginia to practice medicine. ESTC T149138.