James henry breasted ed (4 Ergebnisse)

Leather. Limited Ed. First thus. Limited edition, number 943 of 7.500, with limitation leather and gilt label front endpaper. Full leather binding with gilt decoration and title, raised bands, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker, all edges giilt, b&w illus, b&w plates, index, pp 596, 8 plates. Includes printed pamphlet about the papyrus. Water damage at the top corner of pages, through approx. half of book (not affecting text). Good condition. Privately printed for members of the Classics of Surgery Library. This edition first printed in 1930. The Edwin Smith Papyrus is an ancient Egyptian medical text, named after Edwin Smith who bought it in 1862, and the oldest known surgical treatise on trauma. It dates to Dynasties 16?17 of the Second Intermediate Period in ancient Egypt, c. 1600 BCE. and may have been a manual of military surgery. James Henry Breasted's translation changed the understanding of the history of medicine. It demonstrates that Egyptian medical care was not limited to the magical modes of healing demonstrated in other Egyptian medical sources: rational, scientific practices were used, constructed through observation and examination.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good +. Limited edition. Folio. XXIV, 596pp (Text), 8 leaves of plates. Original gilt-stamped green leather with gold lettering on spine. Raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Ribbon marker.Exquisite edition of this Ancient Egyptian medical text which is also the oldest known surgical treatise on trauma. It dates to Dynasties 16-17 of the Second Intermediate Period in Ancient Egypt, ca. 1500 BCE. The Edwin Smith papyrus is unique among the four principal medical papyri in existence that survive today. While other papyri, such as the Ebers Papyrus and London Medical Papyrus, are medical texts based in magic, the Edwin Smith Papyrus presents a rational and scientific approach to medicine in Ancient Egypt, in which medicine and magic do not conflict. Magic would be more prevalent had the cases of illness been mysterious, such as internal disease. Binding and interior in very good condition.…

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. full leather cover with gilt. minimal wear.

Hardcover. Zustand: vg. Limited edition. Folio. XXIV, 596pp (Text), 8 leaves of plates. Original gilt-stamped green leather with gold lettering on spine. Raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Ribbon marker. Publisher's booklet laid in. Exquisite edition of this Ancient Egyptian medical text which is also the oldest known surgical treatise on trauma. It dates to Dynasties 16-17 of the Second Intermediate Period in Ancient Egypt, ca. 1500 BCE. The Edwin Smith papyrus is unique among the four principal medical papyri in existence that survive today. While other papyri, such as the Ebers Papyrus and London Medical Papyrus, are medical texts based in magic, the Edwin Smith Papyrus presents a rational and scientific approach to medicine in Ancient Egypt, in which medicine and magic do not conflict. Magic would be more prevalent had the cases of illness been mysterious, such as internal disease. Binding and interior in very good condition.…