Capt Claridge (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. ex-library copy with usual markings. leather cover shows minor wear and rubbing. pages tanned. 7th edition.

Hardback. Fifth Edition. Hardback bound in half leather with marbled boards Five raised bands to spine with gilt titles borders and motifs Renewed endpapers with faint imprint perhaps binder CM Italia to ffep and Ingres to rfep Facsimile letter to the author tipped in after title Errata slip to preface Spine is sunned minor scuff marks Occasional light foxing to pages thumbing and shading to foreedge throughout although light Otherwise a clean copy in decorative binding Overall very good condition xi 338 pp Priessnitz 17991851 was an Austrian farmer who is considered the founder of modern hydrotherapy as used in alternative medicine Claridge 1797991857 was a captain in the Middlesex UK Militia who introduced Priessnitzs methods to England and is largely responsible for its popularity An interesting work beautifully bound. book.…