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Histoire des Maladies de St. Domingue, 3 vol. 12mo.

Jean-Baptiste René Poupée-Desportes (1704-1748), Histoire des maladies de S. Domingue (Paris: Lejay, 1770)

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

By Feb 1775

Primary Source Reference:

Museum Auction Broadside, Lot 14 (Physic and Surgery)

Author/Composer:

Poupée-Desportes, Jean-Baptiste René, 1704-1748

Notes:

Not listed in Library Company's 1789 Catalogue; Library Company has later acquisition: 70224.D (Rush)

Valued at 6d in Du Simitière's estate inventory, Library Company of Philadelphia, p. 8

Du Simitière lent a copy of this work to Anthony Benezet on 13 Oct 1774 and 28 Mar 1777, and the first two volumes to Dr. Benjamin Rush on 21 Feb 1775. Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 2v, 18v

Title Information:

Histoire des maladies de S. Domingue

Imprint Information:

Paris: Lejay, 1770