The Natural, Experimental, and Medicinal History of the Mineral Waters of Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire, Particularly those of Scarborough.
The Natural, Experimental, and Medicinal History of the Mineral Waters of Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire, Particularly those of Scarborough. The Natural, Experimental, and Medicinal History of the Mineral Waters of Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire, Particularly those of Scarborough. The Natural, Experimental, and Medicinal History of the Mineral Waters of Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire, Particularly those of Scarborough. The Natural, Experimental, and Medicinal History of the Mineral Waters of Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire, Particularly those of Scarborough.
£250.00

London: Printed for the author.. 1734.

First edition. Large quarto. 240x182mm. pp. [20], xxii, 359 [3]. Although the pagination jumps from 198-203, this is a printer's error as the book collates complete and the catchwords are correct. Additional leaves Hh2 and Uu2 have also been bound in alongside the correct ones. Five engraved plates, of which four are folding. Contemporary reverse sheep with borders ruled in blind. Five raised bands, black morocco label in second compartment. Wear to spine and corners with some loss to spine. Repair to head and foot of spine. Hinges cracked at the beginning of the book and first ten leaves are loose but holding. Otherwise in very good condition. A nice, unsophisticated copy of a work sponsored by the Royal Society. Thomas Short was a doctor. His earliest book was on "Corpulency" but he was always interested in the health properties of mineral waters, writing two books on the subject. But he wrote widely on many aspects of health including plant medicine, the effects of the weather on health and the spread and control of diseases.