Indeed, this is a fascinating work.В The author, Richard Morton (1637вЂ“1698), was an English physician вЂњ who was the first to state that tubercles were always present in the tuberculosis disease of the lungs.вЂќ according to the oft quoted Wikipedia. Nevertheless, a modest profit on this type of work can be made when properly cataloged and offered to the right appreciative collector or Institutional library. It is quite unfortunate, that with the transparency and widespread availability of auction records, a poor sales record for even a single copy can often set a unfair ceiling on what many collectors will pay- a sort of Scarlet A that hangs on the neck of the book. Indeed, while it is uncommon in commerce, in 2000 a copy at Swann Galleries barely made $230- a rather trifling sum for such an interesting work. This is the type of work that I really enjoy buying вЂ“ a scarce and attractive 17th century work that is not fully appreciated by the auction records. Ref: Wing M2832 NOT in Garrison-Morton or Waller. Pyretologia, seu, Exercitationes de morbis universalibus acutisВ Londoni : Impensis Samuelis Smith вЂ¦, CIC DC XCII 8vo, 19.5 cm.,, 430, pages, folded leaves of plates (present but loose) Binding: 17th century English calf, wear to head and foot of pine and starting of front joint internal t some toning, still a pleasing copy of a rare 17th century English medical work.

I just today purchased this interesting 17th century medical work from a local picker. It seems that the apartments here, while not overflowing, still are able to produce a constant flow of interesting and rare material. FebruValue of an Old and Rare Medical Book вЂ“ More Bark than BiteДЄs a New York City rare book dealer, I get a constant stream of calls from around Manhattan.

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