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Auction archive: Lot number 310

Benjamin Rush Medical Inquiries in German 1792-7

Estimate
US$300 - US$500
Price realised:
US$187
Auction archive: Lot number 310

Benjamin Rush Medical Inquiries in German 1792-7

Estimate
US$300 - US$500
Price realised:
US$187
Beschreibung:

2 volumes bound together, comprising: Medicinische Untersuchungen und Beobachtungen. [6], 358 pp. With 2 folding tables. Liepzig: In der Weidmannschen Buchhandlung, 1792. Neue medicinische Untersuchungen und Beobachtungen. vii, [1], 302 pp. Nürnberg: In der Raspeschen Buchhandlung, 1797. (8vo) 20x12 cm (8x4¾"), period pastepaper boards. German editions of both volumes of Benjamin Rush's Medical Inquiries and Observations, the translation by Friedrich Michaelis, a notable and much-published Leipzig physician. Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, included in his work accounts of the medical practices of Native Americans, the climate of Pennsylvania as it related to health, war and disease, aging, the effects of alcohol, and much more. With bookplate of Samuel X. Radbill.

Auction archive: Lot number 310
Auction:
Datum:
25 Aug 2022
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

2 volumes bound together, comprising: Medicinische Untersuchungen und Beobachtungen. [6], 358 pp. With 2 folding tables. Liepzig: In der Weidmannschen Buchhandlung, 1792. Neue medicinische Untersuchungen und Beobachtungen. vii, [1], 302 pp. Nürnberg: In der Raspeschen Buchhandlung, 1797. (8vo) 20x12 cm (8x4¾"), period pastepaper boards. German editions of both volumes of Benjamin Rush's Medical Inquiries and Observations, the translation by Friedrich Michaelis, a notable and much-published Leipzig physician. Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, included in his work accounts of the medical practices of Native Americans, the climate of Pennsylvania as it related to health, war and disease, aging, the effects of alcohol, and much more. With bookplate of Samuel X. Radbill.

Auction archive: Lot number 310
Auction:
Datum:
25 Aug 2022
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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