The Medical and Agricultural Register, For the Years 1806 and 1807. Containing practical information on husbandry; cautions and directions for the preservation of health, management of the sick, &c. Designed for the use of families; Edited by Daniel Adams

Boston: Manning & Loring, 1806. Hardcover. Very Good -. "Printed by Manning and Loring. Sold by them, and by Etheridge & Bliss, Boston; Cushing & Appleton, Salem; Thomas & Whipple, Newburyport; Charles Peirce, Portsmouth; Henry Cushing, Provience; Lincoln & Gleason, Hartford; Bronson, Walter & Co. New-Haven; I. Thomas, jun. Worcester; J. Prentiss, Keene; as also in various other places." [4], 378, [6] p.; 22 cm. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf spine; red leather spine label with gilt-tooled title. Marbled paper over boards. At head of title: Useful Family Book. Former owner's name on front free endpaper: E.H. Sessions. Volume contains Jan. 1806-Dec. 1807, v. I, no. 1-24 (all published). Sabin, 11:47305. Contains research and information on both medical and agricultural matters, including "Natural History of the Horse-Bee" by Rowland Green; meteorological observations for various locations; and "Case of Recovery from apparent Consumption" by Eliphalet Lyman. Also bills of mortality for Mason, N.H., 1798-1805; Concord, Mass., 1779-1805; Portsmouth, N.H., 1801-1805; and Shrewsbury 1805. In Very Good- Condition: lacking leather at tail of spine; front joint starting at each end, but still solid; boards are rubbed; 11-cm. tear from lower edge of pp. 9-10, without loss; foxing throughout; otherwise clean.