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JAMES, ROBERT. A Medicinal Dictionary. London: Printed for T. Osborne, sold by J. Roberts 1743-45. 3 vols., folio, contemporary calf, rebacked and worn, title of vol. 2 with clean tear, very small hole affecting text on 3Q2 of vol. 2 and Zz1 of vol. 3, small tears to plates 36/37 and 62/63, and to text leaf [S*]1 of vol. 3, plate 24/25 detached and with ragged margins. FIRST EDITION. 63 numbered engraved plates by Basire, Bickham and Parr (many are two subjects on one double-page plate), the 99-page preface by Samuel Johnson. Garrison and Morton 6799 ("The largest, most exhaustive and most learned medical dictionary written in English prior to the scientific age of medicine which arose in the early 19th century."). Contemporary bookplate of George Garnier. (Milne)

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JAMES, ROBERT. A Medicinal Dictionary. London: Printed for T. Osborne, sold by J. Roberts 1743-45. 3 vols., folio, contemporary calf, rebacked and worn, title of vol. 2 with clean tear, very small hole affecting text on 3Q2 of vol. 2 and Zz1 of vol. 3, small tears to plates 36/37 and 62/63, and to text leaf [S*]1 of vol. 3, plate 24/25 detached and with ragged margins. FIRST EDITION. 63 numbered engraved plates by Basire, Bickham and Parr (many are two subjects on one double-page plate), the 99-page preface by Samuel Johnson. Garrison and Morton 6799 ("The largest, most exhaustive and most learned medical dictionary written in English prior to the scientific age of medicine which arose in the early 19th century."). Contemporary bookplate of George Garnier. (Milne)