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Group on worms and parasites
Approximately seven works (all but two pamphlets) on worms and parasites. Comprises ANDRY DE BOISREGARD (NICHOLAS). An Account of the Breeding of Worms in Human Bodies; Their Nature, and Several Sorts; Their Effects, Symptoms, and Prognostics. With the True Means to avoid them, and Medicines to Cure them. London: 1701 First edition in English, 1701. Five engraved plates (including one large folding plate of a tapeworm) on three sheets. Period calf, worn, first plate silked.; SIMMONS, SAMUEL F. An Account of the Tenia or Long Tape Worm, and of the Method of Treating It as Practised at Morat in Switzerland. London: for J. Wilkie, 1777. Three folding plates.; and others.
Of the first work, Garrison Morton 2448.2, "The first medical parasitology text."
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Approximately seven works (all but two pamphlets) on worms and parasites. Comprises ANDRY DE BOISREGARD (NICHOLAS). An Account of the Breeding of Worms in Human Bodies; Their Nature, and Several Sorts; Their Effects, Symptoms, and Prognostics. With the True Means to avoid them, and Medicines to Cure them. London: 1701 First edition in English, 1701. Five engraved plates (including one large folding plate of a tapeworm) on three sheets. Period calf, worn, first plate silked.; SIMMONS, SAMUEL F. An Account of the Tenia or Long Tape Worm, and of the Method of Treating It as Practised at Morat in Switzerland. London: for J. Wilkie, 1777. Three folding plates.; and others.
Of the first work, Garrison Morton 2448.2, "The first medical parasitology text."
Auction: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps, ending Sep 12, 2024
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Auction of Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on September 12, 2024
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