Quillin (William) Dissertatio Medica Inauguralis, De Ictero, first

Quillin (William) Dissertatio Medica Inauguralis, De Ictero, first edition, author's own copy with his admission card to the Edinburgh University Library dated 15 Dec.1787 to 1788 pasted on f.e.p., in stunning Scottish rococo binding of red morocco with green oval onlay in centre of covers, columns, birds, vases and festoons in gilt, figures of Britannia on green centre-piece, marbled end papers, gilt edges, [ESTC N6371], Edinburgh, Balfour & Smellie, 1788; and 3 other similar late 18th/early 19th century Scottish medical dissertations by William Elliot (1760), William Cuninghame (1790) and John Aire (1802), all in handsome contemporary bindings, 8vo (4)

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