Treatise on the Venereal Disease

by John Hunter

$1,250 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

First edition

First edition, the variant with p. 134 ending spasmodic/ affection, no known priority. 7 engraved full page plates, each with page of text. xii , 398, 16 pp. 4to 10-3/8 x 7-5/8 inches 26 x 19.75 cm . Neatly rebacked some slight separation at the head, moderate binding wear but in all attractive, barring some minor toning to the paper and foxing of the plates a fresh copy internally. Armorial bookplate of Mirehouse. ESTC T53871; Waller 4988;

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