September Online Auction (Sale #352)
Lot 280:
Benjamin Rush
Antiquarian Medical Book Assortment
(18) total items comprising (5) medical including a ‘Medical Inquiries and Observations’ (volumes #3 and #4 bound together) by Benjamin Rush, full leather, Philadelphia 1815, a ‘Diseases of the Heart and Great Vessels’ by F. A. Aran, cloth, Philadelphia 1843, a ‘The English Physician’ by Nicholas Culpepper, full leather, London 1788, an Abbot Laboratories pharmaceutical catalog, cloth, Chicago 1913 and a paper bound ‘Medical World’ journal, Philadelphia, September 1914; together with a ‘The World For the Year’ by Adam Fitz-Adam, London 1753, an ‘Upham’s Mental Philosophy’ full leather, New York 1853, a volume #2 of Stanley’s ‘In Darkest Africa’, New York 1890 and other antiquarian titles
Property from: a Private Collector, Rockford, Ilinois
Height: 12 3/4 inches, Width: 9 3/4 inches (largest)
Disclaimers: individual pages have not been inspected, may have toning, stains, foxing, tears. creases, bent corners, edge wear and losses, repairs, owner’s names and bookplates, writing, marginalia, underlining, chips, splits and tears to binding, illegible spines
Category: Collectibles > Books
Estimated Sale Time: 12:55 pm CST
Shipping Status:
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Last modified: August 27, 2026, 3:08 pm
Condition report:
overall light to heavy wear consistent with normal use, \'Medical Inquiries and Observations\' rebound and having damp stain through page #33, \'The English Physician\' having a detached cover, \'The World For the Year\' having detached boards and missing spine, \'Upham\'s Mental Philosophy\' having split hinges, \'In Darkest Africa\' having binding cloth over spine and split at front interior hinge, some other volumes having detached covers
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