J. Milner Fothergill - The Food We Eat: Why We Eat It, and Whence It Comes

London, Griffith & Farran, 1882. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce first edition of John Milner Fothergill's interesting tract on food and digestion. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.An interesting treatise on food and digestion, discussing how the human body interacts with food.Illustrated with a frontispiece.Written by John Milner Fothergill.Illustrated by A. Beatrice R. Fothergill.Prior owner's ink inscription to the front board and to the recto to the front endpaper. In the original publisher's paper covered boards. Externally, lacking some of the spine. Boards may detach with further handling. Light marks to the boards. Prior owner's ink inscription to the front board and to the recto to the front endpaper. Internally, binding is strained in places. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean. Good Only . Ill.: A. Beatrice R. Fothergill. Good Only .

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