The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries ...
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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Medical theory and practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases, their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology, agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even cookbooks, are all contained here. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T053270 Anonymous. By William Cockburn. With two final leaves of advertisements. London: printed and sold by John Graves, and John Morphew, 1713. [8],188, [4]p.; 8???
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Very Good. London: Printed for G. Strahan, at the Golden Ball over against the Royal-Exchange, Cornhil, MDCCXXVIII. Printed by William Bowyer; his records show 750 copies printed for Strahan and Innys, with 500 additional title printed for Innys. Pp. 270 and 274 misnumbered 470 and 474 respectively. Fully re-bound in modern brown calf skin leather. Gilt lettering and decorative bands on spine. Perfect binding. Replacement endpapers. Clean, unmarked pages with minor toning to extremities. Profusely illustrated. Several folding plates. Cockburn was a writer, and physician to the Navy. He was made wealthy with the invention of a secret remedy against dysentery. The present book went through four English editions, of which the first two are rarities. A bright, clean, and well-restored copy of this important medical document.
