[Rarebooks] FS: First Vermont Edition of Buchan's DOMESTIC MEDICINE, 1798

[Charles Agvent]

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BUCHAN, William. DOMESTIC MEDICINE: OR, A TREATISE ON THE PREVENTION AND 
CURE OF DISEASES, BY REGIMEN AND SIMPLE MEDICINES. WITH AN APPENDIX... 
Fairhaven, VT: James Lyon, 1798. First Edition. The First Vermont 
Edition, published previously in Philadelphia and elsewhere. Octavo 
bound in full original calf with black leather label; xxiv, 476, [19] 
pages. The most popular home medical book of the late 18th and 19th 
centuries, stressing the importance of basic hygiene and nutrition in 
helping one heal himself. Charming 1836 owner inscription on front blank 
describing the presentation of the book from an uncle to a nephew "for 
his good attendence to him in his sickness."  Few signatures a little 
sprung; moderate staining and darkening, heavy to a few pages. Rubbed, 
leather label partly scraped away. Good, solid copy.
WAS  $300.00   NOW   $200.00	

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