Author: MACLAURIN, C.
Title: Mere mortals : medico-historical essays
Description: London : Jonathan Cape 1925. First Edition. Near fine copy in the original fine-ribbed and gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and surprisingly sharp-cornered. ; 276 pages; Illustrated with a portrait frontis and a series of additional portrait plates. Contents: Dr. Johnson. --King Henry the Saint. --The tragedy of the Tudors: King Henry VIII. Edward VI. Mary Tudor. Queen Elizabeth. --Ivan the Terrible. --Luther's devil. --Henry Fielding.--King James I. --King Charles I. --King Charles II. Catherine of Braganza and Nell Gwynn. --Henri Quatre and Marguerite de Valois. --Frederick the Great. --The children's crusade. --Some epidemics of social importance.--F. W. Nietzsche. --Arthur Schopenhauer. --Baruch Spinoza. Subjects: Medicine -- Literature -- History -- Essays -- Biography. by C. Maclaurin.Weight in Kg appr.:

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