Mead, Richard - Mechanical Account of Poisons in Several Essays

London, Printed for J. Brindley, bookseller to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, 1750. Leather bound. Brown leather boards with white title block and black lettering on front cover and spine; five raised bands on spine; xlviii, 318 pp; bw illustrations with one fold out. Contents: Advertisement, a preface to the first edition, Essay I: Of the Viper: An Appendix, containing Anatomical Observations on the Viper, and an Account of some other Venomous Animals. Essay II: Of the Tarantula. Essay III: Of the Mad Dog. Essay IV: Of Poisonous Minerals, and Plants. Essay V: Of Opium. Essay VI: Of Venomous Exhalations From the Earth, Poisonous Arts and Waters. This edition contains two additions that differ from the original edition. The first is the Introduction and the second addition is "An Anatomical Description of those parts in a Viper and in a Rattlesnake, which are concerned in their poison. Good (heavy wear to leather boards, book plate inside front cover, light age toning, missing title page) .

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