Ruspini Bartholomew Editor (1 results)

8vo, xiii, [1], 124 pp., original paper wrappers, uncut, stitched as issued, a nice copy. "There was hardly a more fantastic figure of the time than Ruspini, dentist to the Prince of Wales, and founder of the Freemason's School of Female Children. A conspicuous entertainer of distinguished foreigners, he in this way received the title Chevalier. Ruspini, noted for his wonderful Balsamic Styptic, a favourite remedy for over a hundred years." - Weinberger, History of Dentistry 1, pp. 332-334. Blake, p.394; This edition not in Wellcome; the L, AWn, CaOTU and DNLM copies in the ESTC. Guerini, History of Dentistry, pp.343-4.…