A Treatise on the Virtues and Efficacy of a Crust of Bread, Eat early in a Morning Fasting

Book Description

Dr Nicholas Robinson (1697?-1775) wrote a number of works on medical subjects including gout, consumption, the spleen, venereal disease, and sudden death. 'A Crust of Bread' appears to be his most popular as it ran to a fifth edition in 1767.

Dealer Notes

Page 34 misnumbered as 43

ESTC shows 10 copies in UK and 2 in US

Author ROBINSON Dr Nicholas

Date 1759, Third edition

Binding Later quarter calf and marbled boards, red calf and gilt label; 20cm, small 4to

Publisher A and C Corbett, London

Condition Binding sound, water stain to half-title and title page; light spotting and tanning to some pages

Pages [4], 75, [1]

Price: £220.00

Offered by Bainbridge Books

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