Description
FOURTH EDITION, 12mo, pp. viii, 132 + 1 plate. Extracted from a volume, retaining portion of leather spine. A little foxing, title-page slightly tanned. Ink ownership inscription of ‘Cha. Platt’ to title-page.
£150
FOURTH EDITION, 12mo, pp. viii, 132 + 1 plate. Extracted from a volume, retaining portion of leather spine. A little foxing, title-page slightly tanned. Ink ownership inscription of ‘Cha. Platt’ to title-page.
The scarce fourth edition of physician John Leake's (1729-1792) work on the treatment of scurvy and venereal disease using a quack tonic (reportedly based on liquorice, sarsparilla, and guaiac wood). The Lisbon Diet Drink was expensive - half a guinea a bottle, two bottles a day in a standard dose - but attracted the attention of many sufferers, among them James Boswell. ESTC locates only one copy of this edition in Ireland and two in North America.