Three and Fifty Instruments of Chirurgery

Item

Open book, showing text, and black-and-white illustrations of a crab, speculums, and other gynecological instruments.
Title
Three and Fifty Instruments of Chirurgery
Description
Ambroise Paré, a barber-surgeon for late 16th-century French kings, created this book as a surgery guide. The book is organized by ailment, with descriptions of the tools required and extensive usage or treatment recommendations. The version of Three and Fifty Instruments of Chirurgery depicted in facsimile in this book was printed after Paré’s death by the publisher H. C. London. This edition is a true facsimile, with limited notes by the facsimile creator.
Creator
Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590.
Date
1631 [original text published]
1969 [facsimile published]
Format
20.1cm x 37.1cm x 1.3cm
Publisher
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd. (Amsterdam, NL)
Da Capo Press (New York)
Type
Book
Original Format
Book
Tag
16th-century physicians
17th-century texts
Facsimiles
French surgeons
Surgeons
Item sets
Medical Texts in Facsimile
Site pages
17th Century Books