Publicado por Carey & Hart, Philadelphia, 1840
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. First American Edition. Cover has light overall wear, moreso along the spine edges; and fading marks; moderate foxing on endpapers, minimal foxing within the text; previous owner's name on free endpaper. This is a true Carey & Hart First American Edition of this mid-19th century work on the management of infancy. Discusses the extent of mortality in infancy, sources of disease in infancy, delicacy of constitution in infancy, conditions in the mother affecting the health of the child, the constitution of the infant at birth, the nursery and conditions required in it, the management of the infant immediately after birth - washing and dressing, food of the infant at birth, the choice properties and regimen of a nurse, artificial nursing and weaning, cleanliness/exercise/sleep in early infancy, management of the infant during teething, management from the time of weaning to the end of the second year, and the moral management of infancy. The supplementary chapter by Dr. John Bell focuses on "the great and peculiar dangers to which infancy is exposed in the United States". 307 pages. Book.
Publicado por Fowler & Wells,, NY:, 1840
Librería: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. Sixth edition. Small octavo, bound in decorated black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Moderate wear and staining to boards, else good. ; 307 pages.
Publicado por Fowlers & Wells, New York, 1840
Librería: Lux Mentis, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB, Portland, ME, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good+. No DJ as Issued. Sixth Edition. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. Overall, a presentable copy of this rather uncommon volume. Light shelf/edge wear, light fraying/chipping at head and heel, small pull in fabric at spine near title (repaired), light dust staining at top of textblock, hint of foxing at start and finish, else tight, bright and unmarred. Brown cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, in blind decorative elements, frontispiece. 12mo. 307pp plus 4pp ads. Illus. (b/w plates). Index.