B12432
Shelfmark
Bf.6.30
Additional copy shelfmark
[Another copy:] Fk.4.08(01), [Copy-specific notes:] Bound with six other items. Ms. contents list on flyleaf. Previously: Dm.4.10., [Provenance:] Armorial bookplate of Eton College. Armorial bookplate of Edward Waddington, recording donation to Eton College in 1731. Ms. inscription in pencil: "Checked March 1924"., [Binding:] 18th century quarter brown calf; red and blue marbled paper covered boards; four raised bands; spine title: "Mead on the plague &c".
Author
Mead, Richard
Title
A short discourse concerning pestilential contagion, and the methods to be used to prevent it. By Richard Mead, M. D. Fellow of the College of Physicians, and of the Royal Society.
Varying form of title
Mead on the plague &c
Edition
The eighth edition, with large additions.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London :, Printed by Sam. Buckley, in Amen-Corner,, MDCCXXII [1722].
Physical description
[8], xxxvi, 150p ;, 19cm.
Note
Previously Bf.4.3.
Note
Actually printed by William Bowyer, who printed previous editions; his records show 1500 ordinary and 300 large-paper copies printed.
Citation/references note
Maslen & Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers, 825; ESTC
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Woodbridge, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1986. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 2021, no.11).
Additional physical form available
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Provenance
Bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Topham stamp; bequeathed to Eton by Richard Topham in 1736.
Binding
18th century red, gold-tooled morocco. Harleian style binding ?by T. Elliott.
Subject
Plague, Early works to 1800.
Subject
Epidemics, Early works to 1800.
Subject
Medicine, Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Buckley, Samuel
Added entry--name
Bowyer, William, printer.
Added entry--name
Topham, Richard, former owner.
Added entry--name
Waddington, Edward, former owner.
Added entry--place
England, London.
Additional copy
[Another copy:] Fk.4.08(01), [Copy-specific notes:] Bound with six other items. Ms. contents list on flyleaf. Previously: Dm.4.10., [Provenance:] Armorial bookplate of Eton College. Armorial bookplate of Edward Waddington, recording donation to Eton College in 1731. Ms. inscription in pencil: "Checked March 1924"., [Binding:] 18th century quarter brown calf; red and blue marbled paper covered boards; four raised bands; spine title: "Mead on the plague &c".
B12432
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