Siris : a chain of philosophical reflexions and inquiries concerning the virtues of tar water, and diverse other subjects connected together and arising one from another - Berkeley, George 1685-1753 (Dublin : Printed by Margt. Rhames for R. Gunne, Bookseller in Capel-street, 1744)
Entry in cat. under Medicine.
Catalogue states this is not the (true) first or second edition.
'According to A.A. Luce in Hermathena, Nov. 1954, this is the first edition of Siris' written in pencil in modern hand on recto of front flyleaf.
Number within a lozenge- '16' on back pasteboard.
One modern annotation in pencil.
Newspaper slip, 'Desideratum' dated April 4th 1953, pasted onto verso of back flyleaf.
See Donations book 1740s.
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