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A smart second impression of this biographical work on English social reformer and founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale. Complete in two volumes. Second impression, November 1913. Original published earlier the same month. Volume one is illustrated with a frontispiece and two plates. Volume two is illustrated with a frontispiece and three plates. Collated complete. The life of Florence Nightingale, an English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War, in which she organised care for wounded soldiers at Constantinople and significantly reduced death rates by improving hygiene and living standards. Nightingale gave nursing a favourable reputation and became an icon of Victorian culture. Written by Sir Edward Tyas Cook, an English journalist, biographer, and man of letters. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting to the endpapers and minor age toning to the extremities. Very Good.…