Researches into the laws and phenomena of pestilence; including a medical sketch and review of the plague of London, in 1665; and remarks on quarantine

by Thomas Hancock

$450 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

First edition

London: William Phillips, 1821. 8vo. iv , xv, i , 379 pp. FIRST EDITION. Parchment-backed original boards, spine label. An excellent uncut copy with a presentation from the author to George Cooke dated 1821 and another presentation under the first in the author’s hand to ? Clarke dated 1835. Item #20125 First edition of an important work on epidemic disease, derived from

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