WITHERING, William (1741-1799). An Account of the Foxglove and some of its medical uses with practical remarks on dropsy and other diseases, Birmingham: by M. Swinney for G.G. and J. Robinson, 1785, 8°, FIRST EDITION, folding hand-coloured engraving by James Sowerby with artist's signature on the plate (this detached, severely rubbed along folds, somewhat soiled and linen-backed, half title tipped onto front blank, with small repair to lower margin and short tear to outer margin, half title and title both with perforation stamp, title verso with cancellation stamp, accession no. in ink at foot of a4, lacking a1 -- blank except for signature), contemporary marbled calf (upper cover detached) [Blake p. 493; GM 1836; Grolier Medicine: "one of the earliest examples of clinical research on a single drug"; Henrey 1505; Hunt II, 676; Lilly p. 139; Norman 2255; Osler 426; Waller 10378]

Details

WITHERING, William (1741-1799). An Account of the Foxglove and some of its medical uses with practical remarks on dropsy and other diseases, Birmingham: by M. Swinney for G.G. and J. Robinson, 1785, 8°, FIRST EDITION, folding hand-coloured engraving by James Sowerby with artist's signature on the plate (this detached, severely rubbed along folds, somewhat soiled and linen-backed, half title tipped onto front blank, with small repair to lower margin and short tear to outer margin, half title and title both with perforation stamp, title verso with cancellation stamp, accession no. in ink at foot of a4, lacking a1 -- blank except for signature), contemporary marbled calf (upper cover detached) [Blake p. 493; GM 1836; Grolier Medicine: "one of the earliest examples of clinical research on a single drug"; Henrey 1505; Hunt II, 676; Lilly p. 139; Norman 2255; Osler 426; Waller 10378]

Lot Essay

GM: "Withering was one of the greatest medical botanists and his book is a pharmacological classic. Before his time digitalis was a widely used folk remedy, occasionally mentioned in the literature, but it was due to him that correct dosages were established and the action of digitalis in dropsy and on the heart became generally recognised."

More from University of Chicago Rare Science Duplicates, Pt.2

View All