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First edition, 46, [2]pp., disbound. Formerly in the library of the Birmingham Medical Institute.
10pp., caption-title, disbound. Formerly in the library of the Birmingham Medical Institute.
First edition, [2], 49, [1]pp., with errata slip, large engraved folding plate (foxed), disbound. Formerly in the library of the Birmingham Medical Institute.
Second edition, corrected and considerably enlarged, xxi, [1], 77, [1]pp., with half-title, 3 folding Copper-engraved plates, faint library stamp on title and margin of third plate, disbound. Translation by Samuel Foart Simmons from the earlier Paris edition. Formerly in the library of the Birmingham Medical Institute.
First edition, 15, [1]pp., 1 large folding table, presentation inscription "To Dr. [Thomas] Percival" at head of title, disbound. The scheme is here attacked by Lettsom and was never put into effect. Formerly in the library of the Birmingham Medical Institute. Wellcome III, p. 504.
First edition, iv, 49, [3]pp., without half-title but with the final errata leaf, disbound.
First Edition, 30, [4]pp., disbound. Formerly in the library of the Birmingham Medical Institute.
First edition, xxx [i.e.xl],188pp., ( p. xl misnumbered xxx), with half-title, insignificant tape mark to fore-margin of title page, recent quarter calf, marbled boards, spine morocco label lettered in gilt. William Falconer (1744-1824), physician to the Bath hospital, "Despite this abrasive personality Falconer ran a successful spa practice, counting among his patients the duke of Portland, Lord Chancellor Thurlowe, William Pitt, and Horatio Nelson. A cultivated man, Falconer engaged in the activities of the Bath and West of England Society and the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society."?Oxford DNB.
First edition, [4], 102, without the half-title and final errata leaf, disbound.
Small 8vo (180 x 120 mm), [2], 155, [1]pp., disbound.
Third edition, 8vo (200 x 125 mm), [4], 119, [1]pp., title slightly soiled, some occasional spotting, recent red morocco-backed marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt direct. First published in 1780, all edition are rare, of this edition ESTC locates a single copy in the UK (Aberdeen University Library) and two copies in North America (University of California and University of Texas). Wellcome v, p. 221 (first edition); NLM p. 442 (second edition).
Twentieth edition, 8vo (200 x 125 mm), [8], 55, [1]pp., recent calf-backed marbled boards, red morocco title label lettered in gilt on upper cover. The earliest known edition, 5th, London, 1771, all edition being rare, this twentieth edition not being recorded by ESTC. Wellcome v, p. 140 (11th, 18th & 28th edition); NLM p. 422 (6th, 8th, 18th, 21st, 22nd & 26th edition).
Second edition, 8vo, 40pp., disbound pamphlet.
First edition, [4], 5-25pp., advertisement leaf at end, disbound. Describes the manner of recruiting by the British Army by crimping (similar to naval press-ganging), and describes it as little more than slavery. The author quotes from legal and other sources and cites examples of the problems associated with this manner of recruitment. He emphasizes the idea that an enslaved or forced soldier is not likely to be a good soldier, describes how wealth or education was not a protection against impressment and several other factors affecting the military services. Goldsmith, 16436.
Folio, 4pp., drop-head title, docket title on last page, as folded. Report from the General Meeting for Ackworth School showing that the expenditure of the Institution has considerably exceeded the income, and a proposal to the Yearly Meeting that the price of admission be raised from eight to ten guineas per annum. The details given include, 'A Statement of Accounts', 'An Inventory of the Estate and Effects belonging to this Institution, and Debts owing by it', 'Legacies and Donations', 'Officers and Servants' and the number of children, both boys (176) and girls (124).
Second Edition, corrected and enlarged, small 4to, [4], 72pp., piece torn from upper blank margin of title (not touching the text), hole to final leaf (just touching two lines of text),disbound. Kress, B2474; Goldsmith, 15727.
First edition, 56pp., disbound. The L, C, Di, Lmh, Or and CLU copies in the ESTC.
First Edition, small 4to, 32pp., no half-title, some browning of the text at the beginning, disbound. Evans, 32634.
First edition, 43, [1]pp., cont. name on upper blank margin of title, disbound. Goldsmith, 14717.
Woodcut vignette on title, 8pp., as folded, a very nice copy. The British Library copy only in the ESTC.
First edition, 8vo (200 x 125 mm), [2], 72pp., recent red morocco-backed marbled boards, red morocco title label on upper cover lettered in gilt. Clutterbuck questions several of the theoretical points maintained by Hunter in his treatise on the subject, and which he laid down as the laws that govern the action of venereal virus. Provenance: Formerly in the library of the Birmingham Medical Institute, faint stamp to title. Wellcome II, p. 361; NLM p. 91.
First Edition, 22,[2]pp., with the final advert leaf, single worm pinhole to lower blanks margins, disbound. Printed in parallel columns with Burke's 'A short account of a late short administration', to which it is an answer. "There are sections on the Stamp Act, American trade, and the general problem of taxing America."?Adams. Adams, The American Controversy. 66-37; Sabin, 41681; Goldsmiths-Kress, 10255.
Fifth impression, corrected, 8vo, 72pp., with half-title, single worm pinhole to lower blanks margins, disbound. Concerning William Pitt, Earl of Chatham. Gephart, 2579.
[2], 5-31, [3, ads]pp., worm track to lower blank margins, disbound. The "late Right Honourable gentleman" is William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, and "a noble lord" is Lord North. Gephart, 2594.