Lot 386
  • 386

Davy, John

Estimate
500 - 700 GBP
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Description

  • Davy, John
  • Notes and Observations on the Ionian Islands and Malta: with some Remarks on Constantinople and Turkey, and on the System of Quarantine as at Present Conducted. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1842
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, 8vo (224 x 134mm.), (vol.1) 16, [ii], 17-436pp., 24pp. adverts; (vol.2) xii, 500pp., half-titles, large folding engraved map, 7 etched plates, folding table, original blindstamped dark green ribbed cloth, yellow endpapers, unopened, plates slightly spotted and offset

 



"The author, the younger brother of Sir Humphry Davy, spent 11 years with the Army Medical Staff in the Mediterranean as an army surgeon and later inspector of hospitals. His book, the result of his experiences, is an interesting work full of detailed information, not only on medical matters but on education, social institutions etc. There is a long account of malaria... The large folding map by Arrowsmith is often missing" (Blackmer).

Literature

Blackmer 460; Contominas 193; Legrand & Pernot 1394 (listing only 5 plates and a map); not in Atabey

Condition

A very good copy
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