Howard (John) An Account of the Principal Lazarettos in Europe. . . relative to the Plague. . . , first edition, presentation copy from the author inscribed "The Gift of Mr Howard" in ink to front free endpaper, with price below imprint on title, lacking half-title but with final Directions to Binder leaf, 22 engraved plates, 20 folding, & large folding table, with printed facsimile letter from Howard concerning the plague mounted on guard following title, title torn and laid down, some foxing, bookplate of Robert Fellowes, contemporary diced russia, gilt, rubbed, rebacked in calf, [Goldsmiths' 13969], 4to, Warrington, William Eyres, 1789.
⁂ This was a sequel to Howard's iconic work on prisons, published in Warrington in 1777. Howard spent 15 months from 1785 travelling throughout western and southern Europe inspecting lazarettos (quarantine stations) for the treatment of plague victims. The Wellcome and McGill copies both contain the same facsimile letter.
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