Shelfmark
Fk.9.07(02)
Author
Title
A short discourse concerning pestilential contagion, and the methods to be used to prevent it. / By Richard Mead, M.D. Fellow of the College of Physicians and of the Royal Society.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London: : Printed for Sam. Buckley in Amen-Corner, and Ralph Smith at the Royal Exchange, 1720.
Physical description
[8], 59, [1] p. ; 8vo.
Note
Initials, head- and tail-pieces.
Note
Woodcut vignette (device showing initials "S.B.") on t.p.
Note
Printed by William Bowyer, whose records show 1000 ordinary and 100 large-paper copies printed.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T55657
Citation/references note
Maslen & Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers, 702
Provenance
Booklabel of Nicholas Mann, recording donation to Eton College in 1754.
Binding
18th century light brown calf; sprinkled panels with blind tooling in fillets and geometric roll, with diamond-shaped fleurons at each corner; gold tooled edges; untooled spine with five raised bands; spine label detached, originally reading "Pamphlets vol. 4".
Copy-specific note
Bound with six other items.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelf-mark: Dg.6.16.
Subject
Plague Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Smith, Ralph, 1610 - 1685 publisher.
Added entry--name
Buckley, Samuel, 1674? - 1741 publisher.
Added entry--name
Bowyer, William, 1663 - 1737 printer.
Added entry--name
Mann, Nicholas, ? - -1753 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B27412