A short account of the malignant fever, lately prevalent in Philadelphia [electronic resource] : with a statement of the proceedings that took place on the subject in different parts of the United States. To which are added, accounts of the plague in London and Marseilles; and a list of the dead, from August 1, to the middle of December, 1793. By Mathew Carey.

A short account of the malignant fever, lately prevalent in Philadelphia [electronic resource] : with a statement of the proceedings that took place on the subject in different parts of the United States. To which are added, accounts of the plague in London and Marseilles; and a list of the dead, from August 1, to the middle of December, 1793. By Mathew Carey.

Fourth edition, improved.

Philadelphia : Printed by the author, January 16, 1794.

United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

English

vii, [2], 10-164 p. ; 8⁰.

Several states noted. Evans 26735 records states of 112 p. (incomplete?; no copy located), 159 p. (Austin 412), and 160 p. (Austin 411). Evans 26736 records a state with 164 p. and no comma after the word "subject" in the title (Austin 413). Evans 26737 records a state with [2], 164 p., printed wrappers, and a comma after the word "subject". Austin 414, which may describe this last state, records the comma, but does not mention the [2] preliminary pages, and reports "without the printed wrappers mentioned by Evans." - Blue printed wrappers.
Statistics gathered in Philadelphia, August to November, 1793, including meteorological observations compiled by David Rittenhouse, p. [113-120].
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Evans, 26735
Evans, 26736
Evans, 26737
Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 411
Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 412
Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 413
Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 414
English Short Title Catalog, W29404.

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