[Rarebooks] FS: Medical historian John Freind's work on women. London: 1729

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(MEDICINE) Freind, John. EMMENOLOGIA: Written, in Latin, by the Late Learned Dr. John Freind. Translated into English by Thomas Dale, M.D. London: Printed for T. Cox. 1729. 8vo. First English edition. (16),216,(6)pp. With A1 (a leaf of ads before the title) plus (2)pp. of publisher's ads. Illustrated with an engraved title page publisher's device and several text drawings. Cont. calf, red morocco spine label. Old repair to front hinge, very sound copy.   $650.00 (trade discount allowed)
Freind (1675-1728) was the first English historian of medicine. This work deals with women and "the nature of their menstruous purgation." The first Latin edition was 1703.

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