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Buchan, William

Every Man His Own Doctor; or, a Treatise on the Prevention and Cure of Diseases, by Regimen and Simple Medicines

$75.00

1 in stock

Date: 1816
Publication Place: New Haven
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Description

Dimensions (H/W) 22 x 13.5 cm

Original full leather with morocco spine label, lacking front board and blanks, title page torn and detached. Title page lacks top right corner, with loss of two characters. 464, 144 p. Contemporary sheep. Includes, with a separate title page and pagination, A Complete Treatise on the Art of Farriery, Wherein Are Fully Explained the Nature and Structure of That Useful Creature, a Horse…” One of many printings of Buchan’s Domestic Medicine, but the first to incorporate the treatise on farriery, which has its own title page. Both titles were published by Nathan Whiting of New Haven. The second title has a printing credit on the title page for Seth Richards of Middletown, Connecticut. Austin 339; S&S 37111-37112.

Additional information

Dimensions 13.5 × 22 cm