Type d'article
Etat
Reliure
Particularités
Pays
Evaluation du vendeur
Edité par Printed by J.B. For Benj. Walford at the Prince's Arms in St. Paul's Churchyard, London, 1709
Vendeur : Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Full Leather. Etat : Very Good. The Third Edition with Additions. Octavo. Pp. [xx], 426, [29 - index], a variant edition with 2 final pages of adverts (final verso blank). Contemporary binding, bound Cambridge style in full calf. Small, neat ink signature of previous owner, Alex'r Stuart dated 1712 running along the head of the front pastedown and the foot of the rear pastedown. Old, rather large purple stamp "BOND." to front free endpaper, endpapers and title-page browned, others bright and crisp. Tiny, unobtrusive bit of worming to lower margin white space, contemporary ink note in margin of p.189 only, otherwise interior very good, very clean. Book falls open at verso of title-page and A2 where hinge paper is split. Covers slightly scuffed and rubbed. Overall a very good copy. The first word in the title is transliterated from the Greek. First published in 1702 with the title: "Ancient Psycholousia Revived.".
Edité par London: William Innys, 1715
Vendeur : Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, Royaume-Uni
Fourth edition, 8vo, (xxii), 484 pp. Mild damp staining to the front and rear blanks only, upper hinge slightly cracked but sound. Contemporary panelled calf, spine with recent subtle repairs to joints and ends, red label, a very good copy. ".one of the most original physicians of the great scientific period in which he lived. His works show independence of thought and the spirit of research; while some have been important as being the starting-points of new methods in medical practice. Floyer did good service also by his advocacy of cold bathing. He showed that the Roman customs of bathing had been prevalent in Britain in former times, and attributed to their disuse the occurrence of many diseases" (DNB). First published 1702 as "The Ancient Psychrolousia Revived", itself preceded by "An Enquiry into the Right Use and Abuses of the Hot, Cold, and Temperate Baths in England" (1697).