Unique English Imprints, pre-1800

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The Unique English Imprints, pre-1800 collection contains over 250 books printed in the English-speaking world between 1552 and 1800 that are uniquely held by the National Library of Medicine or survive in very few copies. These items range in content from advertisements for patent medicines and advice manuals to descriptions of hospitals and the by-laws of local medical societies.

Highlights include:

An account of the Westminster New Lying-in Hospital, begun and finished under the patronage of the Right Honorable Earl Percy, president (1767?)
An account of the Westminster New Lying-in Hospital, begun and finished under the patronage of the Right Honorable Earl Percy, president (1767?)
A dialogue betwixt a citizen, and a poore countrey-man and his wife: in the countrey, where the citizen remaineth now in this time of sicknesse (1636)
A dialogue betwixt a citizen, and a poore countrey-man and his wife: in the countrey, where the citizen remaineth now in this time of sicknesse (1636)
Aristotle's compleat master-piece: in three parts : displaying the secrets of nature in the generation of man (1728)
Aristotle's compleat master-piece: in three parts : displaying the secrets of nature in the generation of man (1728)