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.

An account of the plague at Naples in 1656

London : J. Roberts, 1721.

4 unnumbered leaves, 88 pages ; (8vo)

2nd ed.

ESTC, N14679

ESTC N14679

The compilation has been ascribed to William Beckett. Cf. ESTC.

Copy 2 Note: Small tear in top of last leaf.

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.