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Philosophy of Health: Natural Principles of Health and Cure: Or, Health and Cure without Drugs
L. B. Coles
1851
Ticknor, Reed, & Fields : Boston
7" by 4.5"
vi, [1], 8-260pp.
SUMMARY
An early edition of L. B. Coles' nineteenth century work on natural medicine, or a "cure without drugs".
Early Edition,Publishers' Original Binding,Scarce
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs 0.5 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
Scarce work.
Twenty-eight thousand, revised and enlarged.
This copy belonging to American painter, Albert Gallatin Hoit, who hailed from Boston, and was known for his portraits of notable figures, including William Henry Harrison and Daniel Webster. With Hoit's signature to the front blank.
Written by Larkin B. Coles, an American physician, minister, and activist who was known for his early campaigning against the "deadly narcotic" of tobacco.
This highly informative scientific work explores the natural principles of health and medicine, with a particular focus on cures without drugs. Coles presents the influence of diet and lifestyle on health, providing an early insight into mental wellbeing, healthy reproduction and dietetic customs.
Bound in the publisher's cloth.
CONDITION
Bound in the publisher's cloth. Externally, generally smart, with light bumping to the extremities. Rubbing causing a little loss to the spine head and tail and the extremities. Small tear to the tail of the front joint. The odd mark to cloth. Light age toning to endpapers. Front hinge is a touch strained, but holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright with the occasional light scattered spotting. Ink inscription to front blank.
Overall Condition: Very Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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