Description
The Dispensary; a Poem.
The Third Edition, Corrected by the Author.
London, 1699
Samuel Garth’s celebrated mock-epic, The Dispensary (London, 1699), on the feud among London’s physicians and apothecaries concerning dispensing medicines gratis to the poor.
Engraved frontispiece (margin torn);
Original calf decorated in blind;
covers detached and spine chipped
ink brackets and pencil notes in margins,
generally sound otherwise
Printed in the same year as the first edition.
Wing G275; Grolier, Wither to Prior 391.
Size: 5 by 8"
Text in English
Reserve: $193.00
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1699 THE DISPENSARY a POEM by SAMUEL GARTH antique in ENGLISH
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