[FIRST MODERN BOOK ON INTERNAL DISEASES IN AFGHAN MEDICAL LITERATURE / AUTOGRAPHED COPY] امراض داخله / Emrâz-i dâhiliye [i.e., Internal diseases]

BARKIN, [IBRAHIM] REBII HIKMET (1899-1974). Matbaa-e Umûmî, Kabul, Sh. 1317 = [1938 CE]. Original pinkish wrappers. 4to. (28 x 20 cm). TThe text is completely in Dari. 28, 841, [1 blank page], [4], [4 blank pages], 93 numbered colour and b/w plates; first pages are numbered in Latin, others are in the Arabic numeral system. A presentation copy: Inscribed by author-medic to his daughter in modern Turkish as “Sevgili canim kizima yadigâr, Haziran 1966” [i.e., A souvenir for my lovely daughter, June 1966] on title page in ink. Extremely rare and very uncommon (no copies in OCLC, Mushar, market and auction records) first and only edition of this medical book of internal diseases written by Barkin, a member of a Turkish medical delegation to establish a service system, to manage the surgical services, and to initiate the earliest modern medical education in Afghanistan. Additionally, this delegation served as the private physicians of the Afghan royal family.  This richly illustrated book,