PRESENTATION COPY
An enquiry into the causes of the Curvature of the Spine, with suggestions as to the best means of preventing, or when formed, of removing the lateral curvature.
London.
Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Co. et al., [1823].
First edition.
8vo.
xxii, 147pp, [3]. With two engraved plates. Errata slip pasted to FEP. Original publisher's drab boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Rubbed and a trifle marked, chipping to head and foot of spine. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to half-title: 'J. Rymer Esq. / with the respects / of the Author'.
The sole edition, printed in Manchester and presented here in original state, of physician Thomas Jarrold's (1770-1853) dissertation on the causes and treatment of scoliosis, informed with reference to numerous examples of cases encountered by the author.
COPAC locates only six copies (BL, Cambridge, Chetham’s, RCP Edinburgh, UCL and Wellcome).
£ 500.00
Antiquates Ref: 17388
COPAC locates only six copies (BL, Cambridge, Chetham’s, RCP Edinburgh, UCL and Wellcome).