Lot 85
Medicine.- Edwards (Edward) The Cure of all sorts of Fevers, first edition, Printed by Thomas Harper, and are to be sold by William Sheeres, 1638.
Hammer Price: £850
Description
Medicine.- Edwards (Edward) The Cure of all sorts of Fevers, both generall, and particular, with their Definition, Kindes, Differences, Causes, Signes, Prognostication, and Manner of Cure, first edition, woodcut device on title, woodcut decorations, final imprimatur leaf present, some fore-margins trimmed close with occasional loss of text, modern mottled half calf over marbled boards, [STC 7512], 4to, Printed by Thomas Harper, and are to be sold by William Sheeres, 1638.
⁂ The main text is set out in tabular form rather than prose. The preface condemns the quacks "an inundant deluge of over-whelming make-shifts or smoothing sychophants, fit to be unmasked, and repressed, worthy punishment, being a rabble of idle droans...practising Physick and Chyrurgerie, making it a sanctuarie of idlenesse to the dishonour of God, and great hurt to the people..."
Description
Medicine.- Edwards (Edward) The Cure of all sorts of Fevers, both generall, and particular, with their Definition, Kindes, Differences, Causes, Signes, Prognostication, and Manner of Cure, first edition, woodcut device on title, woodcut decorations, final imprimatur leaf present, some fore-margins trimmed close with occasional loss of text, modern mottled half calf over marbled boards, [STC 7512], 4to, Printed by Thomas Harper, and are to be sold by William Sheeres, 1638.
⁂ The main text is set out in tabular form rather than prose. The preface condemns the quacks "an inundant deluge of over-whelming make-shifts or smoothing sychophants, fit to be unmasked, and repressed, worthy punishment, being a rabble of idle droans...practising Physick and Chyrurgerie, making it a sanctuarie of idlenesse to the dishonour of God, and great hurt to the people..."
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