AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY, FROM THEIR ORIGIN TO THE PRESENT TIME; AND OF THE PRINCIPAL AUTHORS, DISCOVERIES, IMPROVEMENTS, IMPERFECTIONS AND ERRORS
London: J. Johnson, 1782. Octavo, vi, 315 pp. Good; rebound in modern leather with marbled endpapers, some surface marks and discolorations to covers and very light wear to spine edges and corners; binding tight; text block has minor discoloration; light foxing and age-toning throughout; previous owner name on title page "WA Warfield" and several handwritten editorial notes/marginalia in response to points made by the author, including full letter on back free endpaper (see Notes); folding plate attached and intact but torn at one attachment point and crumpled in some areas; ex-library copy with usual markings, including institutional stamps to several pages and call number written in pencil. MF consignment.
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Hand-written letter on back free endpaper: "A damned good-for-nothing book. The Author might as well have been combing his head or scratching his ___ [arse] as writing this book - for all the good it is capable of doing to society or the cause of Science. Heu stulte! [Alas, you fool!] My reward to you Dr. Black for this very able and learned treatise would be the list of medical authors you have appended to this volume - you might keep that for your pains & I would keep the rest of the book for purposes that shan't be mentioned from a conscientious regard to decency that your commentator feels"