Mar 16, 2006 - Sale 2072

Sale 2072 - Lot 163

Price Realized: $ 288
?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 (with repaired clean tear in corner). [16], 175, [1] pages. 8vo, modern 1/4 morocco; contents browned, old scored inscriptions on title. London: J. R. for Ralph South, 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.