Baker sir george (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnUnlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketc.

Soft Cover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Stiff card covers, with title handwritten to spine. Text in Latin. 34pp. Previous owner's details and annotations about the author tipped into front. First and last page slightly age-discoloured. A scarce book. (q32).

Leather. Zustand: Very Good. A scarce early edition of Sir George Baker's medical work. Sir George Baker (1722 1809) was an English physician and President of the Royal College of Physicians. He was appointed physician to the Queen's household and then physician to King George III, attending the king during his periods of madness.He was a good classical scholar and fluent in Latin and Greek. This work contains a number of the papers in Latin he published in Latin.Comprised of: 'De catarrho epidemico'; 'De dysenteria epidemica'; 'De affectibus animi, et morbis inde oriundis' and 'Oratio Harveiana'.Professionally rebound for the Birmingham Central Hospital Library with the original bookplate, of one 'Johnstone', mounted on the front pastedown. Sympathetically rebound in full morocco. Externally, generally smart with just some very minor wear to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Some light and occasional spotting; pages otherwise clean with just the occasional contemporary ink annotation in Latin or institutional stamp. Several pages have repaired closed tears. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.…