De variolis et morbillis liber

MEAD, Richard

Verlag: Prostant apud Joannem Brindley, Londini [i.e. London], 1747

Beschreibung

xvi, 197pp, [1]. With a half-title. Later gilt-tooled calf, contrasting morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Rubbed, upper joint split, loss to head and foot of spine and lettering-piece. Armorial bookplate with motto 'Nil conscire sibi' and bookplate of Coward College Library to FEP, ink-stamps of the recently dispersed library of Hugh Selbourne to verso of title page and p.51, damp-stained. Presentation copy, inked inscription to verso of front blank fly-leaf: 'From the Author'. Richard Mead (1673-1754), English physician and fellow of the Royal Society, most noted for his study of transmissible disease. As a medical practitioner Mead attended such luminaries as Isaac Newton and Queen Anne, garnering great acclaim, and subsequently being acknowledged as the head of his profession. Here Mead discusses the diagnosis and potential treatment of measles and smallpox. An edition in English appeared in the same year. Coward College was a dissenting academy at Byng Place, Torrington Square, London. Intended for the education of future nonconformist ministers of religion, it was in operation from 1833 to 1850. It was the successor to Wymondley College in Little Wymondley, Hertfordshire and the precursor, via a merger with two other colleges, of New College London. ESTC T54999. Size: 8vo. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers AQ19339

Bibliografische Details

Titel: De variolis et morbillis liber

Verlag: Prostant apud Joannem Brindley, Londini [i.e. London]

Erscheinungsdatum: 1747

Einband: Hardcover

Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers