Advice to People in General with Respect to their Health.

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $40

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author

TISSOT, SAMUEL-AUGUST

printer

A. Donaldson

Place

Edinburgh

Publication

1766

Description

First edition in English. Two volumes. Translated from the French by James Kilpatrick.

summary

Samuel Auguste André David Tissot (1728-97) was a notable 18th-century Swiss physician. This is his most famous work, the first translation into English of what was originally entitled: Avis au peuple sur sa santé (1761), arguably, the greatest medical text of the 18th century.

pp. 271, 318. Browned, opening title taped. Modern boards, 8vo.

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