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MEAD, Richard (1673-1754). A Short Discourse concerning the Pestilential Contagion, and the Methods to be used to prevent it. London: S. Buckley and R. Smith, 1720. 8°. (A little spotting). Contemporary red morocco, wide border round sides, gilt edges (rebacked, 2 corners repaired). Provenance: R.M. Wilmot (18th-century armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION of 'almost a prophecy of what was to develop as the English public health system', Garrison & Morton 5123; Heirs of Hippocrates 769 (third edition); Wellcome IV, p.95.
KEMP, William. A Brief Treatise of the Nature, Causes...and Cure of the Pestilence. London: for D. Kemp, 1665. 4° (178 x 125mm). (Somewhat browned throughout). Early 20th-century cloth (a little marked). Provenance: British Museum Duplicate, 1787 (library stamp on title-verso and 'Dupl' at top fore-corner of title). FIRST EDITION of apparently William Kemp's only published work. Wing K260; Wellcome III, p.384.
And 3 others including 2 histories of the Great Plague of 1665. (5)
KEMP, William. A Brief Treatise of the Nature, Causes...and Cure of the Pestilence. London: for D. Kemp, 1665. 4° (178 x 125mm). (Somewhat browned throughout). Early 20th-century cloth (a little marked). Provenance: British Museum Duplicate, 1787 (library stamp on title-verso and 'Dupl' at top fore-corner of title). FIRST EDITION of apparently William Kemp's only published work. Wing K260; Wellcome III, p.384.
And 3 others including 2 histories of the Great Plague of 1665. (5)
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