NIGHTINGALE, NOTES ON NURSING, [1860], FIRST EDITION, SECOND ISSUE

8vo, FIRST EDITION, SECOND ISSUE, with "[The right of Translation is reserved.]" on title page, and endpapers with advertisements, original publisher's pebbled cloth gilt, yellow endpapers, some very minor browning, spine sunned

Dame Beryl Oliver (1882–1972) to her niece;
Lady Smith

Bishop & Goldie pp. 15-18

Condition is described in the main body of the catalogue, where appropriate.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."

Nightingale "introduced the modern standards of training and esprit de corps, and early grasped the idea that diseases are not 'separate entities, which must exist, like cats and dogs,' but altered conditions, qualitative disturbances of normal physiological processes, through which the patient is passing" (Garrison, History of Medicine, p.773) [loosely inserted:] typescript letter dated 18.12.48 to Dame Beryl, incorrectly identifying this issue, with the endpaper advertisements, as the earliest.