Lectures on the materia medica / as delivered by William Cullen, M.D. professor of medicine in the University of Edinburgh ; now published by permission of the author, and with corrections from the collation of different manuscripts by the editors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cullen, William, 1710-1790, author.

Contributor:

Bell, Robert, 1732?-1784, printer.

Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Materia medica--Early works to 1800.

Materia medica.

Genre:

Lectures

Early works

Lectures.

Penn Provenance:

Lurie, Dean K. (donor) (Kislak Center RS153 .C92 1775)

Hayden, Augustine F. (Augustine Fyler), 1770-1838 (bookplate) (Kislak Center RS153 .C92 1775)

Wheeler, Arthur C. (Arthur Charles), 1869-1937 (autograph) (Kislak Center RS153 .C92 1775)

Younglove, Moses, 1752-1829 (former owner) (inscription) (Kislak Center RS153 .C92 1775)

Wilkie, William (former owner) (inscription) (Kislak Center RS153 .C92 1775)

Hone(?), George (autograph) (Kislak Center RS153 .C92 1775)

Morris, James (former owner) (inscription) (Kislak Center RS153 .C92 1775)

Darrow, John (former owner) (inscription) (Kislak Center RS153 .C92 1775)

Phelps, Bill B. (autograph) (Kislak Center RS153 .C92 1775)

Stisser, John H. C., 1745-1841 (inscription) (Kislak Center RS153 .C92 1775)

Physical Description:

viii, 512 pages ; 25 cm (4to)

Other Title:

Lectures on the materia medica, 1761

Fingerprint:

noc- ldha isot peth (3) 1775 (R)

Place of Publication:

[Philadelphia] America : Printed for the subscribers, by Robert Bell, next door to St. Paul's Church, Third-Street, Philadelphia, MDCCLXXV [1775]

Notes:

Signatures: A⁴ [B]⁴ C-3R⁴ 3S-3X².

Gathering [B] signed "A".

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center RS153 .C92 1775 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2024 by Dean K. Lurie. Armorial bookplate ("Augustine F. Hayden"), possibly of Dr. Augustine (or Augustin) Fyler Hayden (1770-1838), affixed to front pastedown over partially legible early manuscript inscription ([...] Taylor"). Dated 20th-century autograph ("Arthur C. Wheeler MD 1907") of Dr. Arthur Charles Wheeler (1869-1937) in pencil on front pastedown. Dated 18th-century manuscript ownership inscription ("Moses Younglove's Book May 17th 1782") of Dr. Moses Younglove (1752-1829) followed by dated 18th-century manuscript ownership and provenance inscription ("William Wilkies Book bought of M. Younglove in 1786") on front free endpaper; autograph ("Geor. Hone[?]") on front free endpaper. Three dated 19th-century manuscript ownership and provenance inscriptions ("James Morris's Liber bought of John Darrow in the year 1800", "James Morris's Liber 1806" and "James Morris' Liber 1806") on verso of front free endpaper. Manuscript ownership inscription ("William Wilkies Book") at head of title leaf. Dated 18th-century manuscript ownership and provenance inscriptions ("John Darrows Book bought of Wm Wilkie in the Year 1701" and "John Darrows Book price £1-8-0-0") on title leaf. Two manuscript ownership inscriptions ("Wm. Wilkies Book" and "Wm. Wilkie's Book"), the second followed by manuscript note ("non") on page 17; dated 18th-century manuscript ownership inscription ("Wm. Wilkies book July 14th 1794") on page 19. Dated 18th-century manuscript ownership inscription ("M. Younglove's May 17th 1782") on page 79. Autograph ("Bill B. Phelps Esqr.") on page 81; autographs ("B.B. Phelps B.B.P. Bill B Phelps") on page 85. Manuscript note, probably in the hand of William Wilkie, titled "A Bill of Medicines Recd. of Doctor Stisser" (probably Dr. John H. C. Stisser, 1745-1841), on front free endpaper. Back free endpaper wanting.

Cited in:

English short title catalogue, W13399

Evans, C. American bibliography, 14000

Hildeburn, C.R. Century of printing, 3188

National Library of Medicine (U.S.). Early American medical imprints, 577

Short title catalogue of eighteenth century printed books in the National Library of Medicine, page 105

Yale University. Harvey Cushing Collection of books and manuscripts, C522.

OCLC:

14864629