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JAMES, Robert (1705-1776). A Medicinal Dictionary, including Physic, Surgery, Anatomy, Chymistry and Botany, in all their branches relative to medicine. London: T. Osborne, 1743-1745.
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JAMES, Robert (1705-1776). A Medicinal Dictionary, including Physic, Surgery, Anatomy, Chymistry and Botany, in all their branches relative to medicine. London: T. Osborne, 1743-1745.
3 volumes, 2o (395 x 253 mm). 60 plates (of 63) (29 folding). (Semicircular sections of leaves 3E2-3F2 of vol. I renewed and supplying portions of text in printed facsimile, small pieces clipped out of lower margins of 3D1-3E1, some occasional spotting and light browning.) Modern panelled calf antique. Provenance: Eugene H. Courtiss (his sale, Christie's Los Angeles, 9 February 2000, lot 70).
FIRST EDITION. "The largest, most exhaustive, and most learned medical dictionary written in English prior to the early 19th century" (Garrison-Morton-Norman). The dedication and some of the articles were written by Samuel Johnson, and it was following this that a group of booksellers suggested he write his famous dictionary. The work also prompted the Diderot & d'Alembert Encyclopdie, after Denis Diderot worked on the French translation of James's work, published in Paris 1746-1748. Garrison-Morton 6799. (3)
3 volumes, 2
FIRST EDITION. "The largest, most exhaustive, and most learned medical dictionary written in English prior to the early 19th century" (Garrison-Morton-Norman). The dedication and some of the articles were written by Samuel Johnson, and it was following this that a group of booksellers suggested he write his famous dictionary. The work also prompted the Diderot & d'Alembert Encyclopdie, after Denis Diderot worked on the French translation of James's work, published in Paris 1746-1748. Garrison-Morton 6799. (3)