Oct 10, 2002 - Sale 1946

Sale 1946 - Lot 220

Price Realized: $ 345
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
(MEDICINE.) Currie, William. Memoirs of the Yellow Fever. 8vo, modern 1/4 cloth; browned, small tear to the terminal leaf at the gutter, top corner of title clipped (no loss to text); early owner's inscription on title. Philadelphia, 1798

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A good source for contemporary information on the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia, Currie anticipated the spread of the disease before his rival Benjamin Rush. Sabin 18001; Evans 33589; Austin 602.<