Nov 09, 2010 - Sale 2229

Sale 2229 - Lot 139

Price Realized: $ 1,920
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Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
BARROUGH, PHILIP. The Methode of Phisicke, containing the Causes, Signes, and Cures of Inward Diseases in Mans Body, from the Head to the Foote . . . third Edition, corrected and amended. [16], 477, [7] pages. Small 4to, contemporary vellum, somewhat darkened and soiled, lacking ties; front pastedown lifted and frayed along fore edge, opening leaves dog-eared, title lightly soiled, small piece missing from blank outer margin of F7, blank corner off 2D2, light dampstain in lower margin of a few leaves toward end. London: Richard Field, 1601

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Textbook of Galenic medicine first published in 1583 and reprinted several times through the mid-17th century. Hunter & Macalpine, page 24; STC 1511.