Oct 18, 2005 - Sale 2052

Sale 2052 - Lot 178

Price Realized: $ 518
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
MEAD, RICHARD. A Mechanical Account of Poisons. Folding engraved plate depicting oral anatomy of viper (lightly soiled in upper margin). [16], 183, [1] pages. 8vo, modern 1/4 morocco; scattered light foxing. London: R. J. for Ralph Smith, 1702

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One of 2 editions published the same year of Mead's first book. "His purpose was to explain the effects poisons have on the body in accordance with the precepts of the Iatrophysical School . . . His essays cover various minerals, plants, noxious odors, and opium, as well as the viper, tarantula, and mad dog"--Heirs of Hippocrates 766.