FALCONER (William). A Practical Dissertation on the Medicinal Effects of the Bath Waters.1790

Bath: Printed by R. Cruttwell, First edition, xxx [i.e.xl],188pp., ( p. xl misnumbered xxx), with half-title, insignificant tape mark to fore-margin of title page, recent quarter calf, marbled boards, spine morocco label lettered in gilt. William Falconer (1744-1824), physician to the Bath hospital, "Despite this abrasive personality Falconer ran a successful spa practice, counting among his patients the duke of Portland, Lord Chancellor Thurlowe, William Pitt, and Horatio Nelson. A cultivated man, Falconer engaged in the activities of the Bath and West of England Society and the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society."—Oxford DNB.