If you only had one medical instrument catalog for reference, THIS should be IT!!
Includes the information sheet that was sent out with information about this Centennial Edition. (see photo).
Book Title ~ American Armamentarium Chirurgicum
Author ~ George Tiemann & Co.
Introduction by ~ James M. Edmonson & F. Terry Hambrecht
Publisher ~ Norman Publishing & The Printers' Devil, San Francisco, California, and Boston, Massachusetts.
© Date ~ 1889, 1989. Stated The Centennial Edition.
Cover ~ Burgundy hardcover with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine.
Number of Pages ~ 846 pages with Index.
Illustrated ~ Yes, with LOTS of drawings/woodcuts.
Book measures about ~ 11 1/4 inches X 8 inches X 2 1/2 inches.
Condition ~ Very Good. CENTENNIAL EDITION (1989) The name of a previous owner is neatly written on the top of the front flyleaf. Otherwise the book is in Very Good (almost Like New) condition! The pages ARE clean and bright!
About the Book ~
"Produced originally by the prestigious American instrument maker, George Tiemann & Co., New York, American Armamentarium Chirurgicum of 1889 is well known to medical instrument collectors and researchers as the single most valuable reference tool in the field. It pictures literally hundreds of instruments in clear woodcuts and gives a great deal of useful explanatory text. The organization is intelligently conceived and there is a complete Index. This [Centennial Edition] faithful reproduction runs 846 pages reproducing all of the original pages and closely mimicking the original binding."