two-early-medical-books
Lot 712
Two Early Medical Books
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
The first: Quincy, John, PHARMACOPOEIA OFFICINALIS & EXTEMPORANEA: OR, A COMPLETE ENGLISH DISPENSATORY, IN TWO PARTS (London: T. Longman, 1782), 15th edition, 656 pp. plus Index, octavo (8.5 x 5.5 in.), re-bound with marbleized covers incorporating the original leather spine with title plate (internally clean and sound); the second, Philip, A. P. W., A TREATISE ON INDIGESTION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES, CALLED NERVOUS AND BILIOUS COMPLAINTS; WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE ORGANIC DISEASES IN WHICH THEY SOMETIMES TERMINATE (Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1823), 195 pp., octavo (9 x 5.5 in.), calf covers. Front free endpaper with American eagle library stamp reading "W. Willingham" and also signed in pencil by the same. (Endpapers disbound; loss to title page corner; covers loose, foxing throughout. Fair condition.)

Property of a Charleston, South Carolina Collection

$200 - 300