A collection of very valuable and scarce pieces relating to the last plague in the year 1665 ... With a preface shewing ... errors of Dr. Mead, and his misrepresentations of Dr. Hodges and some authors. Added, An account of the plague at Naples in 1656.

Date:
1721
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An account of the plague at Naples in 1656

Publication/Creation

London : J. Roberts, 1721.

Physical description

4 unnumbered leaves, 88 pages ; (8vo)

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Edition

2nd ed.

Notes

The compilation has been ascribed to William Beckett. Cf. ESTC.
Copy 2 Note: Small tear in top of last leaf.

Contents

Contents: 1. Orders drawn up and published by the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London to prevent the spreading of the infection.-- 2. An account of the first rise, progress, and symptoms and cure of the plague, being the substance of a letter from Dr. Hodges.-- 3. Certain necessary directions for the prevention and cure of the plague, with divers remedies of small charge, by the College of Physicians.-- 4. Reflections on the weekly Bills of Mortality. . . in London, 1592-1665.

References note

ESTC, N14679
ESTC N14679

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    EPB/T/287

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    EPB/T/287.1

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    EPB/MST/321

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    EPB/MST/321.5

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