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Hall, John
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description
- Select Observations on English bodies: or, Cures both Empericall and Historicall, Performed upon Very Eminent Persons in Desperate Diseases. … Now put into English for Common Benefit by James Cooke Practitioner in Physick and Chirurgery. London: Printed for John Sherley, at the Golden Pelican, in Little-Britain, 1657
- printed book
12mo (5 5/8 x 3 1/8 in.; 142 x 80 mm). Woodcut initial, type-ornament head- and tailpieces, with vertical half-title; some light marginal browning, a few scattered stains, lacking two final blanks. Contemporary blind-ruled sheep, fore-edge title slip attached to C7; a bit worn.
Provenance
John Pither, M.D. (signatures, 1731, 1742, on front free endpaper and medical gloss on B11v) — Evebia Colley (signature on half-title) — Thomas Smith (signature on title-page) — John Lenro (signature inside front cover) — Bent Juel-Jensen. acquisition: Juel-Jensen, 2007
Literature
Wing H356; ESTC R17385; Bartlett 376; Krivatsy 5217; Norman 971
Condition
12mo (5 5/8 x 3 1/8 in.; 142 x 80 mm). Woodcut initial, type-ornament head- and tailpieces, with vertical half-title; some light marginal browning, a few scattered stains, lacking two final blanks. Contemporary blind-ruled sheep, fore-edge title slip attached to C7; a bit worn.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
First edition. "Hall was Shakespeare's son-in-law, having married Shakespeare's elder daughter Susanna in 1607. … Although lacking a medical degree, Hall had an excellent reputation as a physician, and the single extant volume of his medical diary (now in the British Library) records the wide range of diseases he was called upon to treat and the remedies he concocted for the. … 'Mrs. Hall of Stratford my wife' is referred to on page 24. and 'Elizabeth Hall my onely daughter' (Shakespeare's granddaughter) appears on page 47" (Norman).
After Hall's death in 1635, Dr. James Cooke of Warwick acquired his two notebooks, and translated into English some 200 of more than a thousand case histories Hall had recorded. A second, enlarged edition appeared in 1679.
Based on the number of signatures in the present copy, it was long used for medical reference.