PRINGLE, John (1707-82). A Discourse upon some late Improvements for preserving the Health of Mariners. Delivered at the Aniversary Meeting of the Royal Society, November 30, 1776, London: for the Royal Society, 1776, 4°, FIRST EDITION, woodcut title device and headpiece, with half title (title slightly soiled, with two library stamps at foot -- one touching on date, and two others on verso), contemporary half calf over speckled boards (spine badly chipped at head, extremities rubbed). [Blake p. 363; GM 2156; not in Norman]

細節

PRINGLE, John (1707-82). A Discourse upon some late Improvements for preserving the Health of Mariners. Delivered at the Aniversary Meeting of the Royal Society, November 30, 1776, London: for the Royal Society, 1776, 4°, FIRST EDITION, woodcut title device and headpiece, with half title (title slightly soiled, with two library stamps at foot -- one touching on date, and two others on verso), contemporary half calf over speckled boards (spine badly chipped at head, extremities rubbed). [Blake p. 363; GM 2156; not in Norman]

來源

Koninkl. Bibliotheek Te'shage; Wellcome Historical Medical Library (withdrawn).

拍品專文

Includes Capt. James Cooke's paper: "The method taken for preserving the health of the crew of his Majesty's ship the Resolution ...."