Decius Repetita Placebit; Exitus Acta Propat: 1892 Egyptian story pushing Phospho-Caffein elixir
Yonkers: Arlington Chemical Company, (1892). First Printing. Wraps. Undated but OCLC dates this 1892 (4 copies located: Yale, Harvard, UVA, National Library of Medicine). 12mo, 5.75 x 4.75 inches, 32 unnumbered illustrated pages, some tinted red, with hemp string tie, on stiff tan slightly marbled paper to imitate papyrus since the story told, set during the reign of Rameses III, in MDCLXXXXII B.C., tells the story of the Pharoah's illness and how a traveling itinerant medic cured him with an elixir which modern people can now by from the Arlington Chemical Company: Phospho-Caffein. Very good, light wear to covers, rear wrap with repaired 1.5" tear near spine. Very good. Item #H40403
Price: $50.00