The Philosophy of Medicine: or Medical Extracts on the Nature of Health and Disease, including the Laws of Animal Economy, and the Doctrines of Pneumatic Medicine. 5 Vols
Hardcover
1799 · London
by Thornton, Robert
London: Printed by C. Wittingham for T. Cox, 1799. Fourth edition. Hardcover. fair to g-. Octavo. xxxiv, 612, xv, 518, xxiii, 648, xxviii, 548, xii, 552, 2 fold-out tables, (16) Genera Index. Original marbled calf with gilt ruling and lettering on red label of spine. Contains 36 b/w engraved plates, 8 of them in color, six of the plates are fold-outs and a third fold-out table present in vol. iv. Front cover of volume one detached, 3/4 inch chip in leather across middle of volume ii front cover, two small chips at to top and bottom of back cover, transparent tape placed across front cover, spine and back cover at top and bottom. All bindings show wear along edges, some staining and scuffing of bindings and rubbed. Endpapers of volume one badly foxed. Other than that light to moderate foxing of front endpapers and blocks, some offsetting of plates, one of the plates uncut and occasional water spots in margins. Blocks age-toned. Bindings of volumes one and two in overall poor, the other volumes in good-, interior in good- to good condition. (Inventory #: 39156)