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FLOYER, John (1649-1734). Medicina Gerocomica: Or, the Galenic Art of preserving Old Men's Health's. London: for J. Isted, 1724.
8o (179 x 110 mm). (Some minor pale spotting, a few margins weak.) 19th-century sheep-backed marbled boards (joints slightly rubbed). Provenance: Sam Dyer Wise (signature on title-page dated 1873).
FIRST EDITION OF "THE FIRST ENGLISH BOOK DEVOTED TO GERIATRICS" (Garrison-Morton 1595). Wellcome III, p.35; Norman 809.
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FLOYER, John. The ancient UGROLOUSIArevived: or, an Essay to prove Cold Bathing both Safe and Useful. London: for Samuel Smith and Benjamin Walford, 1702.
8o (176 x 107 mm). Contemporary English panelled calf (rebacked, worn at edges). FIRST EDITION of Floyer's history of cold bathing. Garrison-Morton 2029; Heirs of Hippocrates 669; Osler 2616; Wellcome III, p.34; Norman 808. (2)
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FIRST EDITION OF "THE FIRST ENGLISH BOOK DEVOTED TO GERIATRICS" (Garrison-Morton 1595). Wellcome III, p.35; Norman 809.
[With:]
FLOYER, John. The ancient UGROLOUSIArevived: or, an Essay to prove Cold Bathing both Safe and Useful. London: for Samuel Smith and Benjamin Walford, 1702.
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