Webster, Noah. A BRIEF HISTORY OF EPIDEMIC AND PESTILENTIAL DISEASES; with the Principal Phenomena of the Physical World, Which Precede and Accompany Them. In Two Volumes.. Printed by Hudson & Goodwin., 1799.

Price: US$695.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First Edition. Volume 1: 348p; volume 2: 352p. Leather covers with red and black morocco labels. No DJ issued. Once had marbled page edges but the marbling is mostly faded. Previous owner name stamped in each volume: John H. Pitman, as well is inked in each volume. Inked name is dated 1833 in Vol. 1. Rubbing to all leather edges. Scuffing to covers. Some staining to covers of both volumes. Foxing throughout in both volumes. Stitched binding is tight in both volumes. Original binding on both volumes. William Osler called this book, "the most important medical work written in this country by a layman."

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Webster, Noah.. A BRIEF HISTORY OF EPIDEMIC AND PESTILENTIAL DISEASES.. Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin;, 1799.

Price: US$2000.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Two volumes, octavo [5 ½ X 9 inches], full tan leather with contrasting titles on spines, 348, 352 pages. Bindings pristine, probably rebound at a later date, mild foxing to first and last few pages of both volumes, damp staining on bottoms of last dozen pages of volume 2, book plate of Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland and library stamp on both frontispieces. No library markings on the bindings. Very good. First edition.

Seller: Tintagel, Springfield Center, New York, NY, U.S.A.

WEBSTER, Noah. A Brief History of Epidemic and Pestilential Diseases; with the Principal Phenomena of the Physical World, which Precede and Accompany Them, and Observations deduced from the Facts Stated. Hudson & Goodwin, Hartford, 1799.

Price: US$2500.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 2 volumes. xii, 9-348; [iv], 352pp. 8vo, contemporary mottled calf with red leather spine labels (bindings are rubbed and a little wormed); hinges on first volume are repaired but still solid and attractive; dampstains on front endpaper & blank flyleaf in first volume; pages toned, as usual with some light foxing; small ink signatures on titles of both volumes; 2 pages in second volume have tears that were crudely taped and are now discolored). Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin, 1799. First edition. Webster surveyed known data from epidemics since the time of Christ in order to prove his theory that these diseases were not contagious but were caused by environmental changes. Despite his incorrect conlculsions, his work was widely read and quite influential. William Osler called this book "the most important medical work written in this country by a layman." - GM 1675.1; Austin 2023; Heirs of Hippocrates 1160.

Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.