Apr 08, 2021 - Sale 2563

Sale 2563 - Lot 187

Price Realized: $ 585
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 800
T. K. (Doctor in Physick)
The Kitchin-Physician: or, a Guide for Good-Housewives in Maintaining their Families in Health.

London: Printed for Samuel Lee, 1680.

12mo, without the frontispiece; bound in original sheepskin, worn, pages dogeared and very worn, several with tears, sometimes across the middle of the page, without much loss, title page amateurishly reinforced on verso with lined paper; a well-loved book in worn but unsophisticated condition, 5 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.

Wing K-20; R18406; rare, ESTC lists two U.S. copies: Huntington & U.S. National Library of Medicine; rare at auction.