A Cordiall Water. A Garland of Odd and Old Receipts to Assuage the Ills of Man and Beast.
Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1961.
Small octavo (18 x 10.5 cm.), 178 pages. FIRST EDITION. A compilation of medical folklore, based on Fisher's lifelong collection of remedies, medicinals, herbs, cures, etc. In publisher's red, patterned paper over blue-green cloth Generally dusty, and with light soil to edges. In a lightly soiled, edge chipped, and price-clipped dust jacket, and with a small chip to the spine panel, not effecting text. A good copy. Handwritten recipe, "Gerry's Irish Goulash" to rear endpaper.
Price: $75.00
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