TitleA Practical Discertation on the Bath-Waters (5th edition)
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AuthorOliver W
PublisherPrinted for Samuel Leake, Bookseller in Bath: And sold by Hawes and Co. in Paternoster-Row, London.
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Purchase Date05/08/2022
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Binding & ConditionOriginal full calf with raised bands and gilt panelled boards. Hinges cracked, extremities rubbed, corners and edges bumped. Professionally re-inforced hinges.
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Proctor's bookshop had the book listed on ABE at £100 plus postage
Hardback, 7 x 4.5 inches. In calf leather binding with raised banding to spine and gilt paneled boards. Top edge gilt. In good conditionHinges cracked, extremities rubbed, corners and edges bumped. Professionally re-inforced hinges. Bookplate to front board ?J.Johnston Abraham.? Neat inscription to top of title page and date penned numerically at bottom. Some darkening & handling marks to pages, some pencil marks. Else a tight copy. 199pp. Seller Inventory # 79087


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ABE 2002/01: _-2003/05)
William Oliver: A Practical Dissertation on Bath Waters
London 1707 printed for A Bell. 19 x 11.5cm. 1st ed. Full contemp calf blind panneling. 14 + 136pp. Large faint tidemark on preface which dissapears at page 1. Front board detached and back hinge cracked but cords holding. Internally very clean. This book may be post free* if purchased from our website www.deadmensminds.co.uk .
Price: £ 180.00 Presented by Dead Mens Minds, Caersws, POW, United Kingdom

A Practical Dissertation on Bath Waters William Oliver
Price: US$ 172.25 (£ 90.00)  
 Book Description: London 1707 printed for A Bell. 19 x 11.5cm. 1st ed. Full contemp calf blind panneling. 14 + 136pp. Large faint tidemark on preface which dissapears at page 1. Front board detached and back hinge cracked but cords holding. Internally very clean. Bookseller: Trade Priced Old Books (Llanidloes, WA, United Kingdom)

ABE June 2006
 A Practical Dissertation on Bath Waters. 1. Of the Antiquity of Bath and its Waters. 11. The Origine of Springs. 111. Of the Ingredients in the Waters. 1V. The Cause of their Heat. V. Of Drinking the Waters and Bathing, and Directions of Both. V1. Of the Virtues of Bath Waters in particular. V11. That they are of great Use in the Gout. V111. That they are extraordinary good in Womens and Children's Cases. 1X. That the City of Bath is very healthy. X. Of Cold Bathing. To which is added, a Relation of a very Extraordinary Sleeper near Bath.
OLIVER (William)  
Bookseller: Anthony W. Laywood
(Newark, Not, United Kingdom) Price: £ 295.00
Book Description: London: Printed for A. Bell, 1707., 1707. First Edition, a few manuscript corrections in the text, [18]. 136 pp., contemporary calf, rubbed, piece missing from head of spine, morocco label. Wellcome, 1V, p.262.
 
ABE Mar 2008
A PRACTICAL DISSERTATION ON BATH WATERS.
Oliver, William,
Bookseller: Sun Mountain Books
(Rancho Mirage, CA, U.S.A.)
Bookseller Rating:
Price: £ 231.05
Book Description: Printed for A. Bell, at the Bible & Cross Keys in Cornhil. 1707., London:, 1707. 1st edition. 7 1/4 x 4 5/8. The Chapters are: "I. Of the Antiquity of Bathing. II. Of the Antiquity of the Bath III. Of the Origine of Springs. IV. Of the Ingredients in the Bath Waters. V. Of the Cause of their Heat. VI. Of the Baths in Bath. VII. Of Drinking Hot Waters. VIII. of Bathing, IX. Of Diet. X. Some Questions Stated and Answered. XI. Of the Virtues of Bath Waters in Particular. XII. Of The Diseases of Women. XIII. Of the City of Bath and its Situation. XIV. Of Cold Baths. Followed by an unnumbered chapter entitled: "A Relation of an Extraordinary Sleep Person at Tinsbury, near Bath. Shelf wear and front hinge is cracked, but binding is tight. Former owner's book plate on front paste down. Minor foxing, else a Very Good or better book. Scarce. Addenda and Errata paragraphs printed on last page. 136 pages. Original full brown leather with blind-stamped decorations and inset panels on boards, five raised bands on spine.


Blackwells Mar 2008 (seen)
A practical dissertation on Bath-waters ... To which is added, a relation of a very extraordinary sleeper near Bath. The fourth edition.
Bath. Hydrotherapy.) OLIVER (William)
Bookseller: Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA
(Oxford, OXF, United Kingdom)
Bookseller Rating:
Price: £ 220.00
Book Description: Printed for James Leake. , 1747. half-title with woodcut ornamental head- and tail-pieces and head- and tail-pieces in the text, woodcut initial letters, separate title-page for "A relation of a sleepy person" with woodcut vignette, pp.xvi, 199, 8vo., contemp. speckled calf sometime rebacked and recornered, backstrip with low raised bands between double blindstamped rules, gilt lettered green morocco label, sides with double gilt fillet border, good After his studies in medicine at Leiden University, William Oliver (1658-1716) served as surgeon to the troops supporting the Duke of Monmouth’s expedition to England. After the Duke’s defeat, Oliver travelled to the continent, to continue his studies at Leiden. His hard work soon proved fruitful and by 1688 he was able to accompany William III as an army officer. Promotion followed after qualification at the Royal College of Physicians in 1692, and Oliver was soon able to publish letters and articles in volumes of the "Philosophical Transactions". By 1704 "A practical essay on fevers, containing remarks on the hot and cold methods of their cure" had been published, in which Oliver first makes mention of his ‘dissertation on the hot waters of Bathe’ on p.202. This subsequently led to publication of the first edition of the present work, in 1707. A particular area of interest for Oliver seems to be the study of sleep disorders: a fascinating account of the case of labourer Samuel Chilton, who would sleep soundly for periods lasting several months, is included as a supplement to the work on Bath waters. (ESTC T65277: Wellcome IV, p.262).



ABE 2002/01: _-2003/05)
William Oliver: A Practical Dissertation on Bath Waters
London 1707 printed for A Bell. 19 x 11.5cm. 1st ed. Full contemp calf blind panneling. 14 + 136pp. Large faint tidemark on preface which dissapears at page 1. Front board detached and back hinge cracked but cords holding. Internally very clean. This book may be post free* if purchased from our website www.deadmensminds.co.uk .
Price: £ 180.00 Presented by Dead Mens Minds, Caersws, POW, United Kingdom

A Practical Dissertation on Bath Waters William Oliver
Price: US$ 172.25 (£ 90.00)
Book Description: London 1707 printed for A Bell. 19 x 11.5cm. 1st ed. Full contemp calf blind panneling. 14 + 136pp. Large faint tidemark on preface which dissapears at page 1. Front board detached and back hinge cracked but cords holding. Internally very clean. Bookseller: Trade Priced Old Books (Llanidloes, WA, United Kingdom)

ABE June 2006
A Practical Dissertation on Bath Waters. 1. Of the Antiquity of Bath and its Waters. 11. The Origine of Springs. 111. Of the Ingredients in the Waters. 1V. The Cause of their Heat. V. Of Drinking the Waters and Bathing, and Directions of Both. V1. Of the Virtues of Bath Waters in particular. V11. That they are of great Use in the Gout. V111. That they are extraordinary good in Womens and Children's Cases. 1X. That the City of Bath is very healthy. X. Of Cold Bathing. To which is added, a Relation of a very Extraordinary Sleeper near Bath.
OLIVER (William)
Bookseller: Anthony W. Laywood
(Newark, Not, United Kingdom) Price: £ 295.00
Book Description: London: Printed for A. Bell, 1707., 1707. First Edition, a few manuscript corrections in the text, [18]. 136 pp., contemporary calf, rubbed, piece missing from head of spine, morocco label. Wellcome, 1V, p.262.

ABE Mar 2008
A PRACTICAL DISSERTATION ON BATH WATERS.
Oliver, William,
Bookseller: Sun Mountain Books
(Rancho Mirage, CA, U.S.A.)
Bookseller Rating:
Price: £ 231.05
Book Description: Printed for A. Bell, at the Bible & Cross Keys in Cornhil. 1707., London:, 1707. 1st edition. 7 1/4 x 4 5/8. The Chapters are: "I. Of the Antiquity of Bathing. II. Of the Antiquity of the Bath III. Of the Origine of Springs. IV. Of the Ingredients in the Bath Waters. V. Of the Cause of their Heat. VI. Of the Baths in Bath. VII. Of Drinking Hot Waters. VIII. of Bathing, IX. Of Diet. X. Some Questions Stated and Answered. XI. Of the Virtues of Bath Waters in Particular. XII. Of The Diseases of Women. XIII. Of the City of Bath and its Situation. XIV. Of Cold Baths. Followed by an unnumbered chapter entitled: "A Relation of an Extraordinary Sleep Person at Tinsbury, near Bath. Shelf wear and front hinge is cracked, but binding is tight. Former owner's book plate on front paste down. Minor foxing, else a Very Good or better book. Scarce. Addenda and Errata paragraphs printed on last page. 136 pages. Original full brown leather with blind-stamped decorations and inset panels on boards, five raised bands on spine.


Blackwells Mar 2008 (seen)
A practical dissertation on Bath-waters ... To which is added, a relation of a very extraordinary sleeper near Bath. The fourth edition.
Bath. Hydrotherapy.) OLIVER (William)
Bookseller: Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA
(Oxford, OXF, United Kingdom)
Bookseller Rating:
Price: £ 220.00
Book Description: Printed for James Leake. , 1747. half-title with woodcut ornamental head- and tail-pieces and head- and tail-pieces in the text, woodcut initial letters, separate title-page for "A relation of a sleepy person" with woodcut vignette, pp.xvi, 199, 8vo., contemp. speckled calf sometime rebacked and recornered, backstrip with low raised bands between double blindstamped rules, gilt lettered green morocco label, sides with double gilt fillet border, good After his studies in medicine at Leiden University, William Oliver (1658-1716) served as surgeon to the troops supporting the Duke of Monmouth’s expedition to England. After the Duke’s defeat, Oliver travelled to the continent, to continue his studies at Leiden. His hard work soon proved fruitful and by 1688 he was able to accompany William III as an army officer. Promotion followed after qualification at the Royal College of Physicians in 1692, and Oliver was soon able to publish letters and articles in volumes of the "Philosophical Transactions". By 1704 "A practical essay on fevers, containing remarks on the hot and cold methods of their cure" had been published, in which Oliver first makes mention of his ‘dissertation on the hot waters of Bathe’ on p.202. This subsequently led to publication of the first edition of the present work, in 1707. A particular area of interest for Oliver seems to be the study of sleep disorders: a fascinating account of the case of labourer Samuel Chilton, who would sleep soundly for periods lasting several months, is included as a supplement to the work on Bath waters. (ESTC T65277: Wellcome IV, p.262).