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An Account of the Rise, Progress, and Decline of the Fever Lately Epidemical in Ireland, Together with Communications from Physicians in the Provinces, and Various Official Documents
by Barker, F. & J. Cheyne
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
London & Dublin: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy; and Hodges and M'Arthur, 1821. This important account and interpretation of the typhus outbreak [1817-19] in Ireland was written by Francis Barker (1775-1859), a professor of chemistry at Trinity College Dublin and John Cheyne (1771-1836) who had been appointed Physician General in the previous year. A scarce work of medical history. The epidemic caused 65,000 deaths from about 1.5 million cases, and was not taken seriously untill it affected the wealthier classes of the population.This is a Very Good set (two volumes) of the First Edition. Marbled paper-covered boards with leather spine and tips. Clean text, very bright and supple. Volume I has XV, 499 pages; Volume II has VIII, 387 pages. This is an ex-libris copy, with the bookplate of the John Crerar Research Library of Chicago. Other than that, the treatments are minimal. The spine has been covered with brown tape with the new titling in gilt. The original tips are worn and the endpapers tend to be smudgy. An enhancement to any collection of medical history; these books cry out for a quality rebind.. First Edition. Quarter-Bound. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006659
- Title
- An Account of the Rise, Progress, and Decline of the Fever Lately Epidemical in Ireland, Together with Communications from Physicians in the Provinces, and Various Official Documents
- Author
- Barker, F. & J. Cheyne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy; and Hodges and M'Arthur
- Place of Publication
- London & Dublin
- Date Published
- 1821
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Irish History & Politics;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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