Der Verborgene Arzt, oder Nuetzliche Hausfreund; eine neues System der Arzeney-Kunst, hauptsaechlich auf Kraeuter gegruendet . . . Aus den besten Schriften zusammengetragen, nach dem berühmten Thompsonien System organisirt, mit vielen Verbesserungen.
Neu-Berlin, Penn. Joseph Miller, 1830. First edition. Original calf spine, drab boards, 6.5 x 4 inches, 179, [1] pages gathered in sixes. Light foxing to the cheap paper stock throughout; some light damp-staining; small gouge from the spine, and some soiling and wear; a good, sound copy of a utilitarian remedy book. Item #19742
A characteristic handy household medical guide, with specific reference to Thomsonian principles and at least something of a debt to Hohman. Atwater 2451 (under Miller); Arndt 3114: “Entry for Joseph Miller as proprietor and for H. A. Zellers as author and proprietor in the files of the Copyright office.” This copy with early ink notes in German on the rear free endpaper and a slightly later autograph receipt mounted to the rear paste-down for an unnamed medicine involving ipecac, myrrh, aniseed and brandy.
Price: $400.00