Shelfmark
Fk.4.09(05)
Additional shelfmark
Ga.7.20 (Copy 2)
Author
Title
The history of ruptures, and rupture-curers, &c. wherein both are thoroughly and impartially consider'd. By a letter from a physician at Paris, to a physician at London, concerning a new, and never-failing way of curing all sorts of ruptures in men, women and children, by an infallible remedy, a secret. With a genuine receipt of the whole secret, part of which was lately sold for an immense sum of money, &c. &c. &c. As also of a famous stiptick, both laid open for the satisfaction of the curious, and benefit of the publick. By R. H. M.D. F.R.S.
Varying form of title
Blackmore &c on small pox
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed for George Strahan, over against the Royal-Exchange, 1726.
Physical description
[12], viii, [4], 240; 8p ; 19cm. (8vo.)
Note
The dedication signed: Robert Houstoun.
Note
P.112 misnumbered 113.
Note
The postscript has separate pagination and register.
Note
Metal-cut head- and tail-pieces and initials.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T114827
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Woodbridge, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1989. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 3506, no. 03).
Additional physical form available
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Provenance
(Copy 1): Armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
(Copy 1): Armorial bookplate of Edward Waddington, recording donation to Eton College in 1731.
Provenance
(Copy 1): Ms. inscription in pencil: "Checked March 1924. Some entries added to gen cat".
Provenance
(Copy 2): Engraved armorial bookplate of Edward Waddington, recording donation to Eton College in 1731. Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Binding
(Copy 1): 18th century quarter brown calf; red and blue marbled paper covered boards; four raised bands; spine title: "Blackmore &c on small pox".
Binding
(Copy 2): Contemporary English light brown calf, sprinkled with one bare frame; blind tooled double fillet frames with an inner frame of dash and swag rolls; large lozenge shaped fleurons at corners of outer frame; gold tooled floral roll on board edges; blind tooled single fillet on spine; five raised bands; red sprinkled edges.
Copy-specific note
(Copy 1): Bound with six other items.
Copy-specific note
(Copy 1): Ms. contents list on flyleaf.
Copy-specific note
(Copy 1): Previously: Dm.4.9.
Copy-specific note
(Copy 2): Previous shelfmark: Dk.5.7.
Subject
Hernia Surgery Early works to 1800.
Genre/Form
Letters
Added entry--name
Strahan, George, ? - d. 1752 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Waddington, Edward, 1670 or 71 - 1731 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B22246