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Legs d'un ancien Médecin, à sa Patrie, contenant ce qu'il a recueilli lui-même pendant XLIX (49) ans de pratique; ou, Exposé des diverses maladies qui surviennent au Genre-Humain, fait avec tant de clarté, que chacun y peut reconnoitre la nuture de se son mal, avec les divers Remédes pour chaque maladie, fidélement indiquez... Composé en Anglois... Et traduit en François par un de ses Amis
by DOVER, Thomas (1660-1742)
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- Hardcover
- first
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Schilde, Belgium
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La Haye,: Henri Scheurleer,, 1734.. [ii, blank], [xii], 186, [xlvi], [ii, blank] pp. Small 8vo (10,5 x 16,5 cm.). Contemporary full marbled calf, spine with 5 raised bands, in compartments gilt tooled with floral ornaments, gilt lettered on a morocco label; marbled endpapers. A very nice copy. First edition of the French translation (The Ancient Physician's Legacy to his Country). Thomas Dover seem to be the only buccaneer-physician in the medical literature. He was best known as Dr. Quicksilver. At pages 20-21 we find the receipy for the famous 'Dover's Powder' (Opium and its derivates among others). The last 42 pages are: CATALOGUS LIBRORUM qui venales extant apud H. Scheurleer, Bibliop.... Rare, according to the Worldcat, only 4 copies held in libraries worldwide!
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- Sylco bvba livres anciens - antiquarian books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1811
- Title
- Legs d'un ancien Médecin, à sa Patrie, contenant ce qu'il a recueilli lui-même pendant XLIX (49) ans de pratique; ou, Exposé des diverses maladies qui surviennent au Genre-Humain, fait avec tant de clarté, que chacun y peut reconnoitre la nuture de se son mal, avec les divers Remédes pour chaque maladie, fidélement indiquez... Composé en Anglois... Et traduit en François par un de ses Amis
- Author
- DOVER, Thomas (1660-1742)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Henri Scheurleer,
- Place of Publication
- La Haye,
- Date Published
- 1734.
- Keywords
- therapeutics opium venereal diseases mercury quackery quacks naval medicine nostrums
- Bookseller catalogs
- general medicine;
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Sylco bvba livres anciens - antiquarian books
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Schilde
About Sylco bvba livres anciens - antiquarian books
Fine and rare books in the fields of science, medicine, technology and the applied arts. Old fashioned printed catalogues and lists available on request.A note on binding conservation. All our ancient leather bindings are carefully cleaned with Brecknell's leather soap, and when needed, treated with hydroxypropylcellulose (in the case of dry leather). Finally we protect the leather with \"Cire 213\", the ultimate binding conservation wax developed by the BNF (Bibliothque nationale de France).
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- Worldcat
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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- First Edition
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
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