| Item Description: | "A digression concerning the small-pox."--p. 392-414. - English Short Title Catalog, W29504. - Evans, 6307. - Evans, 6663. - Imprint of v. 2 varies: Boston: Printed and sold by Daniel Fowle in Queen-Street; where may be had the first volume bound or stitch'd. Also some odd numbers to compleat imperfect setts. 1751 [i.e., 1752]. The table of contents for v. 2 covers material through p. 296 only. - Originally issued in numbers of 16 p., each with cover-title; v. 1, Jan. 1747-May 1749; v. 2, Apr. 1750-Nov. 1752. Left unfinished at the author's death in October 1752. - Reproduction of original from British Library. - Signatures, v. 1: [A]p4s B-Np4s Np4s O-Vp4s Wp4s X-2Up4s 2Wp4s 2X-3Up4s 3Wp4s 3X-3Yp4s (C1 missigned B); v. 2: [A]p2s B-Up4s Wp4s X-2Up4s 2Wp4s 2X-3Ep4s. - Some copies of v. 1 have the severe characterization of Admiral Knowles found in no. 15, p. 235-238, as issued separately, but, owing to a suit for libel, omitted from most copies of the bound volume. - Vol. 1: [2], iii, [3], 568 p.; v. 2: [4], 416 p. Page 464 of v. 1 misnumbered 456 |
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