The Medical Mirror; Or, Treatise On The Impregnation Of The Human Female. Shewing The Origin Of Diseases, And The Principles Of Life And Death

Sibly, Ebenezer

Verlag: Printed For The Author And Sold By Champante And Whitrow, London, 1795

Beschreibung

Original publishers drab boards, rubbed and worn, loose, lacking the spine, contents in the main unbound, text clean with some occasional browning, engraved portrait frontis and 4 further plates as listed, iv,180, 4pp catalogue, plates dated 1794, British Library suggests a publication date of 1795 with no earler editions noted. Ebenezer Sibly 1751-1799, although a trained physician, felt science alone was insufficient in explaining the human condition and studied astrology, alchemy, mesmerism, freemasonry and natural magic. In 1785 he wrote A New and Complete Illustration of the Celestial Science of Astrology and in 1789 was involved in the illustrated edition of Culpeper's Herbal. Scarce, outside of libraries and institutions very few copies have appeared recently Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 074137

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Medical Mirror; Or, Treatise On The ...

Verlag: Printed For The Author And Sold By Champante And Whitrow, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1795

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Fair