The Uncertainty Of The Signs Of Death And The Danger Of Precipitate Interments And Dissections

by Premature Burial Jean Jacques Bruhier And Jacques Benigne Winslow

$4,000 · Offered by Phillip J. Pirages

First edition

London: Printed for M. Cooper, 1746 . 175 x 100 mm. 6 7/8 x 4 . 4 p.l., 219 pp. First Edition in English. Pleasant early 19th century polished calf, covers with blind-rolled palmette border, raised bands, spine panels with small gilt cross or cinquefoil, gilt lettering, gilt-ruled turn-ins. With six engraved plates depicting incidents of mistaken death. Front pastedown with bookplate

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