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FIRST ENGLISH EDITION OF HIPPOCRATES.HIPPOCRATES. C. 460-370 B.C.E. Hippocrates upon Air, Water, and Situation; upon Epidemical Diseases; and upon Prognosticks, in Acute Cases especially.... London: J. Watts, 1734.
8vo (194 x 120 mm). Translated by Francis Clifton, engraved frontispiece portrait of Hippocrates. Contemporary speckled calf, ruled in gilt, spine with 5 raised bands. Joints cracked, corners bumped, crudely inked edge titles, minor browning.
FIRST EDITION of Clifton's translation. Heirs of Hippocrates 9; Hoffmann II, 299.
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