A Leechbook
£30.00
PHOTOS
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PUBLISHER
Macmillan and Co. Limited.
BINDING
Brown boards with gold lettering and crest.
BOOK CONDITION
Good, some staining to page ends, inside pages very good.
DUST JACKET
Good, in thick matte paper. A little shelf wear.
EDITION
Believed to be first edition, 1934.
DESCRIPTION
Subtitled "Collection of Medical Recipes of the Fifteenth Century."
SYNOPSIS
A Transcription of a manuscript in the possession of the Medical Society of London, with an introduction. It's origins are unknown, but has been in the society's library since the 1770's. The original text is printed facing the modern transcription.