Apr 07, 2008 - Sale 2141

Sale 2141 - Lot 176

Price Realized: $ 600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
ALCOTT, WILLIAM ANDRUS. Vegetable Diet: as sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages. Initial ad leaf. 12mo, original cloth, spine faded; scattered foxing. Boston, 1838

Additional Details

first edition of a treatise by a physician on vegetarianism considered from a medical viewpoint. Alcott (1798-1859) was a founding member and first president of the American Vegetarian Society (established in 1850). Accompanied by a copy of the 1851 edition, which includes recipes. See also lots 280 and 284.