Letters on Yellow Fever, the Cholera, and Quarantine: Addressed to the Legislature of the State of New York with Additions and Notes

by Alexander F. Vache

$450 · Offered by Riverrun Books & Manuscripts

First edition · Signed

New York: McSpedon and Baker, 1852. 8vo. 88 pages. Superb folding frontispiece View of the New-York Quarantine, Staten Island, lithographed by G. Hayward for David Valentine's 1851 Manual. Original cloth, gilt letterered on front cover. Front joint cracked, front cover largely detached, internally clean. Item #410000 First edition. A wonderful association copy, inscribed by the author to Alfred E. Beach on the front free

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