Helsham, Richard, M.D.

A course of lectures in natural philosophy ... Published by Bryan Robinson, M.D. The seventh edition, with considerable additions

Philadelphia: printed by P. Byrne, 72, Chesnut-Street, 1802. First American edition, 8vo, pp. viii, [2], 404; 11 engraved plates (3 folding, all composite); contemporary full sheep, red morocco label on gilt-paneled spine; rubbed and scuffed, but sound. With an early ownership inscription on the title page: "Leod. H. Lyne / student at the University of N. Carolina." Helsham was an Irish physician and natural philosopher at Trinity College, Diblin. The book was first published in 1739 and went through a number of editions. American Imprints 2392. Item #56041

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