Observations upon the origin of the malignant bilious, or yellow fever in Philadelphia, and upon means of preventing it: addressed to the citizens of Philadelphia

by Benjamin Rush

$1,650 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

First edition

Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson, 1799. 8vo. xii, 236 pp. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary sheep, rebacked; paper toned as usual, but overall a very good copy from the library of John B. Purdie, M.D. of Smithfield, Virginia, plus another physician from Richmond, Virginia whose signature is illegible. Item #20064 First edition. This is Rush’s account of the particularly virulent epidemic of

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