Description: The Universal MagazineSMALLPOX Inoculation & Medicine & MortalityCOLONY OF NEW YORK1767 Original 1767 volume with far-ranging content including the Bottle-nosed Spermaceti Whale; Forgery on a Bank; Smallpox, an earlier pandemic, importance of inoculation, mortality rates, medicine, pills, dosage; Stamp Act - repeal; Colony of New York, Gen. Gage, Philadelphia; John Penn; Trade between Colonies and Great Britain; Trial of John Winn for Piracy and the Murder of a Negro-man; Electricity - with Benjamin Franklin; Legislature in Rhode Island, taxes; Slave ship; some lovely engravings including one of Belisarius that appears almost Blakeian, just wonderful. Handsome binding of leather spine and marbled boards is worn and cracked but steady still, pages age-toned but clean and neat, four engravings missing, bookplate of Edward Fiott who was a Captain in the East India Company in the 1700s. Scarce historic volume. ******We ship swiftly and with safety in mind.Thank you.
Price: 395 USD
Location: Jamaica, Vermont
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Fine Binding
Place of Publication: London
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated, First Edition
Topic: Science, History, Whale, New York
Modified Item: No
Subject: Science, Pandemics, History, Americana
Year Printed: 1767
Original/Facsimile: Original
