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Rare Books, Autographs & Maps

 
  Lot 152
 

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Seven works on fevers, scurvy, cholera and cancer

[MEDICINE]

Seven works on fevers, scurvy, cholera and cancer. Includes LIND, JAMES. A treatise on the scurvy. In three parts. Containing an Inquiry into the Nature, Causes, and Cure, of that Disease. Together with a critical and chronological view of what has been published on the subject. London: S. Crowder [etc.], 1772. The third edition, enlarged and improved. Modern cloth; HUXHAM, JOHN. An Essay on Fevers, and their various kinds ... with dissertations on slow nervous fevers; on putrid, pestilential, spotted fevers; on the small-pox... London: S. Austen, 1750. Second edition. Period calf; JACKSON, ROBERT. A Treatise on the Fevers of Jamaica, with Some Observations on the Intermitting Fever of America... First English edition. London: J. Murray, 1791. Modern quarter calf, marbled sides; CARMICHAEL, RICHARD. An essay on the effects of carbonate, and other preparations of iron, upon cancer: with an inquiry into the nature of that and other diseases. Dublin: printed by A. Procter for various publishers, 1809. Second edition; REESE, DAVID MEREDITH. A Plain and Practical Treatise on the Epidemic Cholera, as it Prevailed in the City of New York, in the Summer of 1832; Including its Nature, Causes, Treatment and Prevention... A Brief Essay on the Medical Use of Ardent Spirits. New York: Conner & Cooke, 1833. First edition. Publisher's cloth; and two other works.

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[MEDICINE]

Seven works on fevers, scurvy, cholera and cancer. Includes LIND, JAMES. A treatise on the scurvy. In three parts. Containing an Inquiry into the Nature, Causes, and Cure, of that Disease. Together with a critical and chronological view of what has been published on the subject. London: S. Crowder [etc.], 1772. The third edition, enlarged and improved. Modern cloth; HUXHAM, JOHN. An Essay on Fevers, and their various kinds ... with dissertations on slow nervous fevers; on putrid, pestilential, spotted fevers; on the small-pox... London: S. Austen, 1750. Second edition. Period calf; JACKSON, ROBERT. A Treatise on the Fevers of Jamaica, with Some Observations on the Intermitting Fever of America... First English edition. London: J. Murray, 1791. Modern quarter calf, marbled sides; CARMICHAEL, RICHARD. An essay on the effects of carbonate, and other preparations of iron, upon cancer: with an inquiry into the nature of that and other diseases. Dublin: printed by A. Procter for various publishers, 1809. Second edition; REESE, DAVID MEREDITH. A Plain and Practical Treatise on the Epidemic Cholera, as it Prevailed in the City of New York, in the Summer of 1832; Including its Nature, Causes, Treatment and Prevention... A Brief Essay on the Medical Use of Ardent Spirits. New York: Conner & Cooke, 1833. First edition. Publisher's cloth; and two other works.

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NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle's auction of Rare Books, Autographs & Maps September 12, 2024 saw diverse offerings of printed and manuscript Americana, maps of all regions, early printing, fine bindings and library sets, fine printing and private press, travel and sport, science and technology, books on art and architecture, children’s and illustrated books, and English literature and American literature. Also featured were original autograph manuscripts and letters, illustration art and memorabilia. Add to an existing collection or begin a new one!

 


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