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A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE MALIGNANT FEVER, LATELY PREVALELENT IN PHILADELPHIA: WITH A STATEMENT OF THE PROCEEDINGS THAT TOOK PLACE ON THE ON THE SUBJECT IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES.
by Carey, Mathew (1760-1839)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Printed By the Author.. Good+. 1794. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Original 1794 text in a modern library binding: clean blue cloth with color faded edges & gilt lettering on spine. Marbled endpapers & top edge gilt, with deckle page edges. Hinges & text tight and intact. Few lightly foxed pages & some age toning. Top corner of page 164 repaired with archival tape. In his pamphlet the author accuses blacks of causing the epidemic and of taking advantage of victims while acting as nurses. The work was reprinted four times, widely distributed and contributed to fears and hostility in the city. Chart illustrations. Medical, Yellow Fever, Arican-American; Ex-Libris; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 164 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17563
- Title
- A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE MALIGNANT FEVER, LATELY PREVALELENT IN PHILADELPHIA: WITH A STATEMENT OF THE PROCEEDINGS THAT TOOK PLACE ON THE ON THE SUBJECT IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES.
- Author
- Carey, Mathew (1760-1839)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- Fourth Edition
- Publisher
- Printed By the Author.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1794
- Keywords
- Medical
- Bookseller catalogs
- Medical; Pennsylvania;
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Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
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Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
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About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
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- Spine
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- Edges
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- Tight
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Foxed
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