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BROWNE, Thomas (1605-1682). Pseudodoxia Epidemica: or, Enquiries into very many received Tenents, and commonly presumed Truths. London: T.H. for Edward Dod, 1646.
2o (265 x 167 mm). (Occasional light browning to text, very minor worming to lower margin of a few pages, not affecting text). Contemporary calf (spine restored, some wear to joints and extremities). Provenance: Dymoke Dunholm (signature with motto dated 1725 on front free endpaper and inscription on rear flyleaf).
FIRST EDITION of Browne's refutation through observation and experimental investigation of popular misconceptions in the fields of history, folklore, science, philology, natural history, medicine, and embryology. The presumed second state of the title-page with publisher's name, Thomas Harper, in imprint abbreviated as above. Heirs of Hippocrates 487; NLM/Krivatsy 1834; Waller 19462; Wellcome II, p.253; Wing B-5159; Norman 358.
2o (265 x 167 mm). (Occasional light browning to text, very minor worming to lower margin of a few pages, not affecting text). Contemporary calf (spine restored, some wear to joints and extremities). Provenance: Dymoke Dunholm (signature with motto dated 1725 on front free endpaper and inscription on rear flyleaf).
FIRST EDITION of Browne's refutation through observation and experimental investigation of popular misconceptions in the fields of history, folklore, science, philology, natural history, medicine, and embryology. The presumed second state of the title-page with publisher's name, Thomas Harper, in imprint abbreviated as above. Heirs of Hippocrates 487; NLM/Krivatsy 1834; Waller 19462; Wellcome II, p.253; Wing B-5159; Norman 358.