The Royal College Of Physicians Of London, Founded And Established By Law; As Appears By Letters Patents, Acts Of Parliament, Adjudged Cases, &C. Goodall, Charles, Dr. In Physick. Tick

Title continued: And an Historical Account of the College's proceedings against Empiricks and unlicensed Practisers in every Princes Reign from their first incorporation to the Murther of the Royal Martyr, King Charles the First. FIRST EDITION 1684. Small 4to, approximately 205 x 150 mm, 8 x 6 inches, pages: [xii], 1-288, [52], 305-472, [11] - index, Imprimatur leaf follows title page, separate title page to the Historical Account, text partly in black letter and a little of the text in Latin, bound in full calf, rebacked at sometime, old calf boards, bookplate on first pastedown of J. Johnston Abraham. Boards scuffed and rubbed, small neat repairs to corners and edges, inner paper hinges cracked, endpapers dusty with edges browned and tiny chips, occasional pale age-browning and small brown spot, otherwise text clean. Apart from the Imprimatur leaf the collation is the same as ESTC R8914. See: Krivatsy, A Catalogue of Seventeenth Century Books in the National Library of Medicine, page 485, No. 4883; Wellcome Historical Medical Library, Volume 3, page 136. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.