Top, three bandaged heads; centre, a naked surgeon sets the arm of a naked patient both flanked by bandaged women; bottom, bandaged bodies and limbs. Engraving.

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21269i
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1 print : line engraving and etching ; platemark 35 x 21.7 cm

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Opérations de chirurgie, M.S. grec du XIe siécle. Lettering is also in Greek Lettering on reverse is inscribed and reads: "Discourses of ... . Military machines from Greek M.S. of the 11th century. 3 specimens of initial letters from the preciding M.S. ... of human figures, by which the facimiles allowed the double object of connecting the subjects with the capital letters anthropomorphic. A and B two monograms. 4 specimen of the ..."

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Wellcome Collection 21269i

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