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HUNTER, JOHN. A Treatise on the Venereal Disease. 7 engraved plates, each with leaf of explanatory text. [12], 398, [26] pages. 4to, 260x210 mm, early 19th-century 1/2 calf gilt; scattered foxing minimally affecting plates, title heavily soiled, blank outer corners restored on title and next 2 leaves. Later 19th-century armorial bookplate of Robert B. Finlay. London: Sold at No. 13, Castle Street, Leicester Square, 1786
first edition. "The progress of knowledge and treatment of venereal diseases received a setback with the publication of Hunter's treatise, which supported the old theory, current since the sixteenth century, that syphilis and gonorrhea were manifestations of the same venereal pathogen"--Norman 1117. Garrison-Morton 5197.
