SALISBURY INFIRMARY.
The Statutes and Rules, for the Government of the General Infirmary, at the city of Salisbury, for the relief of the sick and lame poor, from whatever county recommended. As altered since their first publication. The third edition.
Salisbury: Printed by Collins and Johnson,1782
8vo, pp. (vi), 86, 10, 1 leaf (errata). Calf-backed boards by Bretherton, 1850, with his ticket, blue sugar-paper front endpapers (lightly foxed), rear free endpaper excised. Small personal stamp on verso of title and in lower margin of p. 51.
Third edition. Salisbury Infirmary, built by voluntary subscription in the 1760s, closed in 1993 although the building is still standing in Fisherton Street. This book includes rules for all members of the staff, including messengers and porters, as well as for the patients. ESTC records 4 copies.
£300.00
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