PLASTIC SURGERY -- ESSER, J.F.S. Esser Inlay. (Epithelial Inlay). Leiden, Brill, 1940. 322, 8 pp. W. around 1500 b&w figs. Fol. Privately bound in full cf. w. red letterpiece. (Textblock & images generally clean & bright, minimal yellowing & very occasional spots, a fine copy of this important work). -- Added: 4 lvs. with the heading of the Institut Esser de Chirurgie Structive, of which 1 a handwritten birthday wish from J.F.S. Esser to Alejandro Lerroux, premier of Spain, dated 3 March 1935.
J.F.S. Esser, (1877-1946), Dutch surgeon, a pioneer of reconstructive / plastic surgery from WWI on. - Deriving from the Esser estate.€ 400