Lot 401
Mead, Richard
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 4 May 2011 at 12:00 BST
Description
The medical works. London, 1762. 4to, mezzotint portrait, contemporary calf, slightly spotted, worn, upper cover detached; Idem Opera medica. Napoli, 1752. 4to, 5 folding engraved plates, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed; Idem De variolis et morbillis liber. London, 1747. 8vo, half-title, rubbed, upper cover detached; Idem Monita et praecepta medica. London, 1751. 8vo, inscribed on endpaper "From the author", contemporary calf, some dampstaining, worn, upper cover detached; Idem A mechanical account of poisons. London, 1745. 8vo, inscribed on title "Ex dono authoris, Jacobo Parsons MD, SRS", 4 folding plates, covers detached; Idem A discourse on the plague. London, 1744. 8vo, inscribed on title "Ex dono authoris; Jacobo Parsons M.D., S.R.S.", upper cover detached; Idem De imperio solis ac lunae in corpora humana. London, 1746. 8vo, inscribed on endpaper "From the Author", dampstained, upper cover detached; Idem Medica sacra. London, 1749. 8vo, spotted, upper cover detached (8)