Nov 29, 2001 - Sale 1916

Sale 1916 - Lot 224

Price Realized: $ 431
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
(MEDICINE.) The Institution of the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts [caption title]. 15 pages. 8vo, contemporary paper wrappers, stained; foxing; early owner's signature on front wrapper (Dr. Thaxter). Shipton & Mooney 44905; Austin 997.<\t>[Boston, circa 1786]

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This is the earliest publication of the first American humane society, formed to study and practice resuscitation, particularly to those who had died from drowning. The signature on the front wrapper is listed among the subscribers.<