[Rarebooks] FS: 1884 American Burial History

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

TITLE: “Sepulture: Its History, Methods and Sanitary Requisites”

By Stephen Wickes.
Published in Philadelphia by P. Blakiston, Son & Co. in 1884.

DISCUSSION: A survey of burial and its history, written by an eminent New
Jersey physician. Wickes begins with a history of ancient burial to show,
as he says, that “in this our day of light and of the knowledge of
nature’s laws, we are still cherishing in our methods of internment
customs born and fostered in the dark ages”. Dr Wickes covers burial among
the ancient Greeks, Romans, and Persians, moves to Native American
burials, and early Christian burial, and then gets to the heart of the
matter, with chapters devoted to animal putrescence; malignant disease
from one corpse; saturated soil of a graveyard disturbed; intra-mural
internment in the United States; yellow fever; Asiatic cholera; pestilence
(you knew he was going to get to that, eh?); rural cemeteries; coffins for
the dead; and country graveyards.

Dr. Wickes was the President of the Medical Society of New Jersey and
rescued and preserved the Society’s early papers, as well as authoring
several books on the history of medicine.

A very uncommon book.

DESCRIPTION: Hardcover. 6.25”x9.5”, 156 pages plus a 48-page catalog of
Blakiston books. Publisher’s original black cloth covers with gilt spine
title.

CONDITION NOTES: Minor cover wear, some slight age-toning, but otherwise
clean and nice, with a tight binding.

PRICE: $175 -

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