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(i) BURTON, William (1703?-1750). An Account of the Life and Writings of Herman Boerhaave, London: for Henry Lintot, 1746, 8°, second edition (lacking frontispiece, title slightly soiled, preliminaries dampstained at upper margin), old grey boards (upper cover detached) [Blake p. 72]
(ii) [LEMAN, Tanfield] Some Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the late Dr. Richard Mead, London: for M. Cooper, 1755, 8°, FIRST EDITION (title detached and with stamps on verso, accession no. at head of advertisement leaf), old marbled boards (rebacked, but now rather worn), armorial bookplate of John Lewis [Blake p. 263; Osler 3368]
(iii) WARTON, Thomas (1728-1790). The Life and Literary Remains of Ralph Bathurst, London: for R. and J. Dodsley [and others], 1761, 8°, FIRST EDITION, engraved portrait (John Crerar perforation on title, other library markings, frontispiece and final leaf both detached from block and repaired at inner margin, occasional marginal tears), old calf (rebacked in hessian, inner hinges crudely-repaired)
(iv) FOOT, Jessé (1744-1826). The Life of John Hunter, London: for T. Becket, 1794, 8° (title with large perforation, lower margin of L1 torn, Z2-3 almost detached, final leaf slightly damaged at inner margin), old grey boards (crudely rebacked and recornered, inner hinges repaired with tape), bookplate of Mortimer Frank [Blake p. 150; Wellcome III, p. 39].
(v) HOUSTON, James (b. ca. 1690). The Works containing memoirs of his life and travels, London: for the author, sold by S. Bladon, 1753, 8°, engraved frontispiece, autograph signature of author at end of preface (library stamps), later brown half morocco (spine lacking, covers detached). [Wellcome III, p. 305] Appendix duplicates part of text pagination and corresponding signatures. (5)
(ii) [LEMAN, Tanfield] Some Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the late Dr. Richard Mead, London: for M. Cooper, 1755, 8°, FIRST EDITION (title detached and with stamps on verso, accession no. at head of advertisement leaf), old marbled boards (rebacked, but now rather worn), armorial bookplate of John Lewis [Blake p. 263; Osler 3368]
(iii) WARTON, Thomas (1728-1790). The Life and Literary Remains of Ralph Bathurst, London: for R. and J. Dodsley [and others], 1761, 8°, FIRST EDITION, engraved portrait (John Crerar perforation on title, other library markings, frontispiece and final leaf both detached from block and repaired at inner margin, occasional marginal tears), old calf (rebacked in hessian, inner hinges crudely-repaired)
(iv) FOOT, Jessé (1744-1826). The Life of John Hunter, London: for T. Becket, 1794, 8° (title with large perforation, lower margin of L1 torn, Z2-3 almost detached, final leaf slightly damaged at inner margin), old grey boards (crudely rebacked and recornered, inner hinges repaired with tape), bookplate of Mortimer Frank [Blake p. 150; Wellcome III, p. 39].
(v) HOUSTON, James (b. ca. 1690). The Works containing memoirs of his life and travels, London: for the author, sold by S. Bladon, 1753, 8°, engraved frontispiece, autograph signature of author at end of preface (library stamps), later brown half morocco (spine lacking, covers detached). [Wellcome III, p. 305] Appendix duplicates part of text pagination and corresponding signatures. (5)