Anfangsgrunde der praktischen Arzneywissenschaft. ... : Nebst einem Anhang, in welchem die systematische Eintheilung der Krankheiten dieses Verfassers befindlich ist.

Leipzig : Bey Caspar Fritsch, 1778-85.

4 volumes ; 8vo (21 cm)

Translation, by Christian Erhard Kapp, of First lines of the practice of physic. Author's preface and introduction correspond with those in the 1778 Edinburgh ed., but section numbers of the text differ.

Vol. 1: [8], 528 p. (p. 175 misnumbered 275); Vol. 2: [6], 322, [16] p.; Vol. 3: [6], 336, [2] p.; Vol. 4: [4], 256, [12] p.

"Systematische Eintheilung der Krankheiten" (Anhang, Th. 1, p. [345]-528) is an abridged translation of v. 2 of the author's Synopsis nosologiae methodicae.

"Von den Mitteln, ertrunkne und dem Anschein nach todte Personen wiederherzustellen" (Anhang, Th. 3, p. [317]-336) is a translation of the author's Letter to Lord Cathcart concerning the recovery of persons drowned and seemingly dead.

Copy 1. Bound into one volume. Binding: late 18th century calf, four raised bands and blind tooling on spine, leather label on spine with gold lettering, red text-block edges.