INVENTORY #157489
A Treatise on Virtue and Happiness
NETTLETON, William
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First published in the form of a letter as "Some Thoughts Concerning Virtue and Hapiness" in 1729, the work by 1842 had been elaborated into a full-lenth "treatise." The author was an obscure Yorkshire physician, remembered for his pioneer studies on smallpox inoculation.
Publication Info
- Publisher: S. Birt
- Edition: Third Edition
- Date Published: 1742
- Place Published: London
- ISBN: n/a
Details
- Condition: Fair
- Signed: No
- Dust Jacket: No
- Jacket Condition: n/a
- Details:
iv, [2], 328, [1] p. 20 cm. Full leather. Corners bumepd, boards rubbed. Spine has cracks, chipped head, and no labels. Ink signatures on front endpaper for Elizabeth Lovell, July 21, 1751, Sarah Lovell, William Lovell and William Barber, perhaps all penned by Barber. Some dampstains to lower margins in first half. Large ink spill on p. iv and first page of Contents, with more marks on Contents verso and p. 1.