TAZEWELL (William). Vade-mecum medicum in duas partes divisu - Lot 87

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TAZEWELL (William). Vade-mecum medicum in duas partes divisu - Lot 87
TAZEWELL (William). Vade-mecum medicum in duas partes divisum, quarum prior, nosologiam cullinæam; posterior, compendium materiæ medicæ et pharmacopœiæ, exhibit. Paris, A. J. Dugour et Durand, Philadelphia, Crey and Edinburgh, Alex. Guthrie, an six - 1798. In-12, iv, 210 pp. Speckled fawn half-basane with ivory corners, long spine decorated with double gilt fillets, t.p. in blond morocco (period binding). Rare first edition. Classification of diseases, pharmacopoeia, medicines. William TAZEWELL (d. 1832), an American physician, studied in Edinburgh and was secretary to Elbridge GERRY in Paris from 1797 to 1800. Returning to the United States, TAZEWELL opened a medical practice in Williamsburg, then settled in Virginia. In 1803, he successfully presented his Vademecum to George WASHINGTON and Thomas JEFFERSON. Bookplate of THEVENON, physician in Craponne. Smudging in inner margin to 4 pp. of preface, t.p. a little creased. A good copy.
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