leather_bound
1720 · London
by Quincy, John
London: W. and J. Newton et al., 1720. Second edition. leather_bound. Modern quarter brown calf with black leather spine label printed in gilt. and marbled boards. Fine.. 344 pages, Index (9) AND Preface (6), 116 pages re MEDICO-PHYSICAL ESSAYS containing a separate title page. 20 x 14 cm. Engraved frontispiece and folding plate. A medical writer apprenticed to an apothecary he practiced medicine in London, eventually earning a medical degree at the University of Edinburgh. A dissenter, friend to Dr. Richard Mead and Dr. John Woodward, his ENGLISH DISPENSATORY, 1721 was widely popular going through many editions. Mild text browning. (Inventory #: 18208)