Author: RUSSEL, R.
Title: De tabe glandulari, sive de usu aquae marinae in morbus glandularum dissertatio.
Description: Oxford & London, E Theatro Sheldoniano, prostant venales apud Jacobum Fletcher, Oxon. & J.J. Rivington, Lond., 1750. sm 4to. W. lovely engr. vign. on printed title ['J.Mijnde sc.'] & 7 full page engr. pls. [pp. 16, 21, 56, 63, 70, 151, 157; unsigned]. Contemp. full clf, spine and covers w. simple double giltrules. (Corners some rubb.; overall some light scratches and some rubb.). [n4, A-Z4 [-A1 pp. 1-2, containing errata; cut out and placed at the end of the text on p. 235], Aa-Ff4, Gg2]. (VIII, 235, I (blank) pp.). (Errata slip [formerly Leaf A1] pasted on Gg2 recto (p. 235). (All edges speckled red; upper free endp. presentation in ink 'Gio: Valentino to Tho Hunter'). First edition. Very good copy. Hirsch-H. vol. IV, p. 930: Comp. Waring II, 770 (5th Engl. ed. only): 'This work...was long held in high esteem, and deservedly so, as it contains much that is practically useful....': Schelenz, p. 599: Blake, p. 394: Blocker, p. 347: Ferchl, p. 461: 'Unteres des Saftes Fucus vesuculosis, den er gegen Drüsenkrankheiten empfiehlt (jodhalt)': Darmstaedter, p. 195: 'R.Russell in London empfiehlt Seetangasche als 'Aethiops vegetabilis' gegen Drüsenkrankheiten.' The errata list on leaf (A1recto) cut out and pasted on p. 235.

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