1796 THE MEDICAL MIRROR, OR TREATISE ON THE IMPREGNATION OF THE HUMAN FEMALE By Ebenezer Sibly Illus. W. Newman Good Medical
1796 ,
THE MEDICAL MIRROR, OR TREATISE ON THE IMPREGNATION OF THE HUMAN FEMALE
By Ebenezer Sibly
Ebenezer Sibly (1751 – c. 1799) was an English physician, astrologer and writer on the occult. As a student of medicine, he became interested in the theories on animal magnetism by Anton Mesmer, joining Mesmer's Harmonic Philosophical School, and later also theosophy.
Illustrated By: W. Newman
Format: Hardcover,
Language: English
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Published By: Published by Printed for the Author, and Sold by all Booksellers in Town & Country, London
octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 178
ISBN:
The Medical Mirror contains a detailed treatise on the stages of human pregnancy followed by a treatise on the Principles of Life and Death and a list of cases in which Sibly's Solar and Lunar Tinctures cured a variety of maladies and conditions.
SKU: BTETM0002299
Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Good - Octavo, bound paper-covered boards, illustrated with engraved frontispiece, vignette title page and 12 anatomical plates (of 13) engraved by W. Newman. New Edition with large Additions. Exceptionally rare, with only a handful of copies having appeared at auction in the last 80 years. The book runs to 178 pages and has a two-page index, with 12 plates (of 13) and the frontispiece portrait. The text and plates on sex, reproduction and pregnancy are all present. The images in the book are extraordinary; the gathering with page 133-36 is absent as is one plate. Undated, the Dedication is dated August 25, 1796. In fair condition, with some staining, but with an orginal and worn binding, which deserves repair! Please see photos as part of condition report