FESSENDEN, MODERN PHILOSOPHER, 1806, Satire, Medical Quackery, Perkins Tractors, Uncut

Christopher Caustick [Thomas Green Fessenden]. The Modern Philosopher; or Terrible Tractoration! In Four Cantos. Philadelphia: From the Lorenzo Press of E. Bronson, Printed for I. Riley and Co., 1806. Second American edition. Octavo. Publisher’s original paper-backed boards, untrimmed text block.

Heavily worn; backstrip paper perished with sewing cords exposed; front board nearly detached; board corners rubbed; early ink ownership signature to title page; dampstaining and edge chips to unpressed leaves.