4th Jan, 2017 9:00 GMT/BST

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Lot 102
 

102

Hodges (Nathaniel) ['Loimologia' in Greek] sive Pestis Nuperae apud Populum Londinensem grassantis

Hodges (Nathaniel)
['Loimologia' in Greek] sive Pestis Nuperae apud Populum Londinensem grassantis Narratio Historica, 1672, London: Joseph Nevill, 12mo, [xxii, incl. blank leaf], folding table of mortality for London for 1665 (staining and some loss, at centrefold) and pp. 246. Lacking first blank prelim., replacement endpapers, some dampstaining, contemporary scuffed binding, rebacked, corners frayed.
[with:] Loimologia: or, an Historical Account of the Plague in London in 1665: with Precautionary Directions against the like Contagion... To which is added, an Essay on the Different Causes of Pestilential Diseases... with Remarks on the Infection now in France, and the most probable Means to prevent its Spreading here, by John Quincy, 1720, London, E. Bell, 8vo; vi, pp.288, lacking folding table, worm trace to lower corner from T2 onwards, contemporary panelled sheep, joints/hinges cracked. The best medical record of the great plague, in the Latin and English translation (2).

Sold for £340
Estimated at £100 - £200


 

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