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    By Henry Eyre; Various
    Unknown; [London]   Unknown; [J. Roberts]
    7.5" by 5" xi, 36 pp.
    A very scarce facsimile of this handbook, originally published in 1733, shedding light on the medical theories and the of the commercial zeitgeist driving Europe's fascination with spas in the of the 18th century.
    By Henry Eyre; Various

    c1979 An Account of the Mineral Waters of Spa: Commonly called the German Spaw: Being a Collection of Observations from the most Eminent Authors who have wrote on that Subject.

    Unknown; [London]   Unknown; [J. Roberts]
    7.5" by 5" xi, 36 pp.
    A very scarce facsimile of this handbook, originally published in 1733, shedding light on the medical theories and the of the commercial zeitgeist driving Europe's fascination with spas in the of the 18th century.
    £120.00
    : 0.5kgs / : 961H6
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    Description

    Folding Plates, Illustrated, Leather Binding, Rebound

    Rebound in an imitation morocco cloth binding.

    This copy includes four facsimile engraved plates by Peter Fourdrinier, two of which, including the frontispiece, are folding plates. 

    This facsimile of the original 1733 handbook focuses on the celebrated springs at Spa (in today's Belgium). It is a piece of medical popularization, an advertising brochure and a capsule history of European "water-cures". Eyre wrote in his capacity as "Purveyor for Mineral Waters to Her Majesty", part of a royal monopoly that let him bottle spa water in Liege and sell it in England.

    Condition

    Bound in full morocco. Externally, excellent. One or two very faint handling marks to boards. Very slight shelf wear to extremities. Previous owner's ink inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean.

    Very Good Indeed

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