The drunkards emblem , or , An inquiry into the effects of ardent spirits upon the human body and mind, with an account of the means of preventing, and of the remedies for curing them / by Benjamin Rush ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813.

Contributor:

Henkel, Ambrose, 1786-1870, printer.

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alcoholism.

Alcoholism--Treatment.

Penn Provenance:

Pepper, William (bookplate) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Pepper, William, 1874-1947 (donor) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Physical Description:

44 pages ; 17 cm (12mo)

Other Title:

Drunkards emblem

Inquiry into the effects of ardent spirits upon the human body and mind, with an account of the means of preventing, and of the remedies for curing them

On the effects of ardent spirits

Fingerprint:

d.he orhe lend ofof (3) 1812 (Q)

Place of Publication:

New-Market [Va.] : printed by Ambrose Henkel & co., [1812?]

Notes:

Signatures: [A]⁴ B-E⁴ F².

First issued in 1787, under title: An inquiry into the effects of ardent spirits.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy signature E is duplicated.

Culture Class Collection copy has original (?) paste-paper wrappers preserved; bound in three quarters brown morocco over marbled boards; brief title, author, and date of imprint stamped in gilt on spine; marbled endpapers.

Culture Class Collection copy has the armorial bookplate of William Pepper on front pastedown; Culture Class Collection copy was a gift of William Pepper.

Culture Class Collection copy has a bibliographical description excised from a catalog pasted on to leaf facing p. 44.

OCLC:

841650614