A Collection of very valuable and scarce pieces relating to the last plague in the year 1665 : viz. I. orders drawn up and published by the Lord Mayor and aldermen of the city of London to prevent the spreading of the infection, II. an account of the first rise, progress, symptoms, and cure of the plague, being the substance of a letter from Doctor Hodges to a person of quality, III. necessary directions ... by the College of physicians, IV. reflections on the weekly bills of mortality .. in London from the year 1592 to the great plague in 1665 ... : with a preface shewing the usefulness of this collection, some errors of Dr. Mead and his misrepresentations of Dr. Hodges and some authors : to which is added an account of the plague at Naples in 1656 ...

Format:

Microformat

Contributor:

Beckett, William, 1684-1738.

Series:

Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature ; no. 6063.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plague--England--London--Early works to 1800.

Plague.

Mortality.

England--London.

Plague--Italy--Naples--Early works to 1800.

Italy--Naples.

Mortality--England--London--Early works to 1800.

London (England)--Statistics, Vital--Early works to 1800.

London (England).

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered pages, 88, that is, 96 pages

35 mm

monochrome

service copy

positive

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for J. Roberts ..., 1721.

Notes:

Compiled by William Beckett. Cf. British Museum cat.

Includes bibliographical references.

Microfilm. New Haven, Conn. : Research Publications, [1974]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature ; no. 6063). -- Photographed from an imperfect copy: page numbers 49-56 repeated.

Cited in:

Goldsmiths' Lib. cat., 6063.

OCLC:

20886777