1764 1st English ed Limbourg Amusements of SPA Health Medicine Mineral Waters
Jean Philippe de Limbourg was a Belgian physician and chemist who holds a reputation for his frequenting public baths in Spa Belgium during the 18th-century. He published a treatise on the public baths – a ‘tourist guide’ of sorts, which also served as a book for discussing healthy living, and health benefits of going to the spa.
This 1764 first English edition of ‘New Amusements’ is illustrated with five impressive folding engravings including one of a map of the environs of Spa.
1764 1st English ed Limbourg Amusements of SPA Health Medicine Mineral Waters
Jean Philippe de Limbourg was a Belgian physician and chemist who holds a reputation for his frequenting public baths in Spa Belgium during the 18th-century. He published a treatise on the public baths – a ‘tourist guide’ of sorts, which also served as a book for discussing healthy living, and health benefits of going to the spa.
This 1764 first English edition of ‘New Amusements’ is illustrated with five impressive folding engravings including one of a map of the environs of Spa.
Item number: #5335
Price: $550
LIMBOURG, Jean-Philippe de
New amusements of the German Spa : Written in French, in the year 1763.
London : Printed for L. Davis and C. Reymers ; W. Owen ; W. Sandby ; and R. Baldwin, 1764. First English edition.
Details:
- Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
- 1 – xix, [1], 256
- 5 folding plates
- 2 – [4], 306
- 1 – xix, [1], 256
- Language: English
- Binding: Leather; tight & secure
- Size: ~6.75in X 4.25in (17.5cm x 10.5cm)
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5335
Categories
Medicine & Science
Other
Authors
LIMBOURG, Jean-Philippe de
Printing Date
18th Century
Language
English
Binding
Leather
Book Condition
Excellent
Collation
Complete