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CRUMPE, Samuel (1766-1796). An Inquiry into the Nature and Properties of Opium. London: G. G. and J. Robinson, 1793.
Tall 8vo. Half-title; 4pp. publisher’s catalogue at end (tears with losses at lower fore-corners). Original publisher’s paper-backed drab blue boards, uncut, early hand-title on spine (some spitting to joints at ends, corners rubbed); slipcase.
FIRST EDITION of the first detailed description of the effects of narcotic withdrawal. Samuel Taylor Coleridge is known to have taken opium for dysentery shortly after this book was published. RARE in original binding. Waring, p. 590. A Horowitz high spot.