Shelfmark
Ga.5.20(01)
Author
Title
Febrifugum magnum: or, Common water the best cure for fevers, and probably for the plague. : With a discourse of curing the chin-cough by water. / By John Hancocke, D.D. Rector of St. Margaret's Lothbury, London, Prebendary of Canterbury, and chaplain to His Grace the Duke of Bedford.
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Common water the best cure for fevers, and probably for the plague
Edition
The eighth edition, with an index.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed. 1726. Sold by J. Roberts, near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane., [1726].
Physical description
[6], 3-128, [4] p. ; 20 cm. (8vo.)
Note
At foot of t.p.: "(Price One Shilling and Six Pence.)".
Note
Includes index.
Note
Headpieces and initials.
Note
Signatures: pi² A-Q⁴ R².
Citation/references note
ESTC, N6336
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Edward Waddington, recording donation to Eton College in 1731.
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College on front pastedown.
Binding
Contemporary mid-brown sprinkled calf; gold tooled double fillet border; blind tooled zigzag roll on board edges; gold tooled decoration on spine; dark red morocco spine label; five raised bands; red and green sprinkled edges.
Copy-specific note
First of three items in volume.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmarks: Dl.5.8, Ga.5.20.
Subject
Fever Treatment Early works to 1800.
Subject
Plague Treatment Early works to 1800.
Subject
Hydrotherapy Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Roberts, James, 1668 or 9 - 1754 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Waddington, Edward, 1670 or 71 - 1731 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B46352