Lot 277
Dentistry - Hurlock, Joseph
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 4 September 2013 at 12:00 BST
£1,750
Description
A practical treatise upon dentition; or, the breeding of teeth in children. London: For the author, 1742. First edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, gilt fillets to covers, skilfully rebacked preserving the original spine, library stamp on title and final leaf, ownership inscription in ink on the title, old dampstain in lower blank margin, ink stain to page 85 obscuring one letter, covers and spine a little rubbed [Garrison & Morton 3672, Menzies Campbell 6, Crowley 151, Poletti p.107, Weinberger p.107, ESTC T63467]
Footnote
Note: The first English book on children's teeth and the second book in English on dentistry, preceded only by Allen's Operator for the Teeth, 1685.