A Lecture on the Generation, Increase and Improvement of the Human Species. Interspersed with Receipts for the Preservation and Exaltation of Personal Beauty and Loveliness; And for Prolonging Human Life, Healthily and Happily. ... (Paperback)


The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Medical theory and practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases, their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology, agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even cookbooks, are all contained here.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryT020989Anonymous. By Dr. James Graham.London: printed for M. Smith, and sold by all other booksellers, 1780?]. 71, 1]p., plate; 12

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Medical theory and practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases, their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology, agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even cookbooks, are all contained here.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryT020989Anonymous. By Dr. James Graham.London: printed for M. Smith, and sold by all other booksellers, 1780?]. 71, 1]p., plate; 12

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Gale Ecco, Print Editions

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United States

Release date

May 2010

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189 x 246 x 4mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

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78

ISBN-13

978-1-170-61423-5

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9781170614235

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1-170-61423-X



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