1884 Australian Facsimile of Edward Jenner's Landmark Publication on Small Pox following the Australian Epidemic of 1881-82
JENNER, Edward (1749-1823) in 2 Parts:
1) 'An inquiry into the causes and effect of the variolæ vaccinæ. A disease discovered in some of the western counties of England, particularly Gloucestershire, and known by the name of the Cow Pox. Second edition, 1800'
2) Notes Bound with 'A continuation of facts and observations relative to the variolæ vaccinæ, or cow pox', 1800.
Pub. LONDON: Printed for the author, by Sampson Low, No.7 Berwick Street, Soho: and sold by Law, Ave-Maria Lane; and Murray and Highley, Fleet Street. 1800. A reprint in close facsimile printed in SYDNEY by Thomas Richards, Government Printer 1884. Collation: 4° p6 B-Z4 2A-2B2 ($1 signed) 98 leaves; pp. [7] iv-v [2] 2-184 [2]. Coloured plates facing pages E2v, E4v, F1v, F2v.
This reprint was produced following the 1881-82 epidemic of small pox, the most serious ever reported in Australia.
'Preface. The original work by Dr. Jenner on the Cow Pox, published in 1799, and a second edition, enlarged, containing all his original observations on the Variol Vaccinæ, in 1800, being now of great rarity - Dr. G. Bennett having a copy of the second edition of the work, waited, with Dr. Mackellar and Dr. Creed, upon the Hon. A. Stuart (the Premier) to request the Government of New South Wales to reprint the book. This application was granted, and a perfect facsimile of the work, in size, type, and the four coloured plates, has been produced. The book will no doubt be found of great benefit to the Medical Profession and the general public, by placing before them, without extraneous matter, the evidence upon which Vaccination was adopted by every civilized Government in the world.'
Half brown leather binding with marbled boards. Some colour bleeding to end pages, foxing and tanning. References: Le Fanu A bio-bibliography of Edward Jenner 24. Ford Bibliography of Australian Medicine 1790-1900, 1052. Ford, E. (1951), 'The Sydney reprint of Jenner's Inquiry', Med. J. Aust., 2:320. W. R. Le Fanu, A bio-bibliography of Edward Jenner, London, 1951. Bookplates: K.F. Russell. Everyman's Bookshop For Everything in Books 143- 5 Castlereagh St. Sydney. (260x210mm)



PROVENANCE:
Collection Late Kenneth F. Russell (1911-1987), Professor of Anatomy and Medical History, University of Melbourne.

Estimate $250-300