Author: HUNTER (Alexander):
Title: Georgical Essays.
Description: York: Printed by A. Ward, for J. Dodsley..., 1777. 8vo, pp. [iv], 530 [531 - 534 Index, 535 adverts, 536 blank], uncut, recently recased in rather nasty quarter cloth, marbled boards, paper label. Hunter (1729 - 1800), a native of Edinburgh, practiced medicine in York from 1763 until his death. He published these essays in four volumes in 1770 - 1772, but this later edition adds essays not available in those volumes. Most of the essays are by Hunter, but other contributors include Adam Dickson, Robert Peirson, Thomas Percival, Richard Townley, and William Speechley.

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