Emmenologia: Written, in Latin, By the late Learned Dr. John Freind. Translated into English By Thomas Dale, M.D.

London: T. Cox, 1729. First edition. Boards. Contemporary full brown calf, double gilt cover fillets, rebacked, red leather spine label printed in gilt. Near fine.. 216 pages. [A8-O8,P7]. 20 x 13 cm. Four pages of publisher adverts following text [A4]. Engraved title page vignette. One of the most influential medical men of his age, physician to the Hanoverian Court, imprisoned for his Jacobite sympathies, he exerted a significant influence on contemporary medical theory and practice. He was appointed physician to Queen Caroline, a post he held until his death. This work published 1702, a treatise on the nature of of menstrous purgation. Modest text browning, overall a firm and tight copy.