First and only edition of this beautiful and important bibliographical record, complete in two volumes. ""The first bibliographical catalogue to offer complete annotated descriptions, with full collations, paginations, and plate counts for the first editions of the great classics of science and medicine from the fifteenth to the twentieth centuries. More than six years in the writing, this catalogue provides the most authoritative descriptions of the 2,595 works collected by Haskell F. Norman over four decades. Special attention has been paid to bibliographical variants and states, to association and presentation copies, and to bindings. There are comprehensive indexes to authors, subjects, artists, binders and provenance."" San Francisco, CA: Jeremy Norman & Co., 1991. Publisher's original red and black cloth, lettered in gilt; pp. lxxvii, 1005, with 34 color plates & 396 black-&-white text illustrations. A very good or better copy. Bindings are sturdy, boards show light shelfwear. Text block edges and prelims lightly foxed, else internally clean.