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Four various medical publications,
[BUTLER, Charles.] Butler's Medicine Chest Directory, and Family Catalogue of Drugs, Chemicals, Etc. ... To which is appended A Concise Description of Diseases ... Third edition, considerably enlarged and revised. Dublin: R. Graisberry for Messrs. Butler, 1832. 12mo. Engraved frontispiece and engraved plate by and after John Kirkwood. 'General Index' on pp.[223]-228. (Some spotting.) Contemporary half morocco over cloth, gilt leather lettering-piece on spine (a little rubbed and marked). Wellcome II, p. 279 (?variant issue).
SAVORY, John. A Companion to the Medicine Chest. London: James Moyes for John Churchill, 1836. 12mo. Diagrams and illustrations in the text. (Occasional light spotting.) Original blind-stamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt (a little faded and marked, clippings pinned onto front free endpaper and tipped onto lower pastedown). FIRST EDITION.
TINDAL, James (publisher). A Companion to the Medicine Chest ... by A Medical Practitioner ... Thirteenth Edition, revised and enlarged. London: W. Nicol for James Tindal, 1834. 8vo. (A little browned, neatly-repaired marginal tear to title.) Original green cloth, rebacked with green roan spine, spine lettered in gilt (a little rubbed, cracking on upper hinge). RARE. No edition listed in the British Library catalogue. Cf. Wellcome II, p. 379 (3rd ed. of 1804).
REECE AND CO. The Popular Catalogue of Drugs ... Fifteenth edition. London: S.W. Fores for Reece and Co., 1836. 8vo. Woodcut illustrations in the text. (A little spotted and marked, lacking 2 preliminary leaves.) Original cloth, letterpress paper label on upper board (a little rubbed and marked, cracking on hinges). Cf. Wellcome IV, p.490 (13th ed. of 1829) (4)
[BUTLER, Charles.] Butler's Medicine Chest Directory, and Family Catalogue of Drugs, Chemicals, Etc. ... To which is appended A Concise Description of Diseases ... Third edition, considerably enlarged and revised. Dublin: R. Graisberry for Messrs. Butler, 1832. 12mo. Engraved frontispiece and engraved plate by and after John Kirkwood. 'General Index' on pp.[223]-228. (Some spotting.) Contemporary half morocco over cloth, gilt leather lettering-piece on spine (a little rubbed and marked). Wellcome II, p. 279 (?variant issue).
SAVORY, John. A Companion to the Medicine Chest. London: James Moyes for John Churchill, 1836. 12mo. Diagrams and illustrations in the text. (Occasional light spotting.) Original blind-stamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt (a little faded and marked, clippings pinned onto front free endpaper and tipped onto lower pastedown). FIRST EDITION.
TINDAL, James (publisher). A Companion to the Medicine Chest ... by A Medical Practitioner ... Thirteenth Edition, revised and enlarged. London: W. Nicol for James Tindal, 1834. 8vo. (A little browned, neatly-repaired marginal tear to title.) Original green cloth, rebacked with green roan spine, spine lettered in gilt (a little rubbed, cracking on upper hinge). RARE. No edition listed in the British Library catalogue. Cf. Wellcome II, p. 379 (3rd ed. of 1804).
REECE AND CO. The Popular Catalogue of Drugs ... Fifteenth edition. London: S.W. Fores for Reece and Co., 1836. 8vo. Woodcut illustrations in the text. (A little spotted and marked, lacking 2 preliminary leaves.) Original cloth, letterpress paper label on upper board (a little rubbed and marked, cracking on hinges). Cf. Wellcome IV, p.490 (13th ed. of 1829) (4)
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From the Collection of Dr. Anne Mortimer Young
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