QUACK, QUACK, QUACK: The Sellers of Nostrums in Prints, Posters, Ephemera & Books

Author: Helfand, William H.
Title: QUACK, QUACK, QUACK: The Sellers of Nostrums in Prints, Posters, Ephemera & Books
Publication: New York: The Grolier Club, 2002
Edition: First Edition

Description: First Edition. Hardcover. This authoritative and entertaining exhibition catalog explores the long visual history of a rich and neglected topic: medical quackery, from the itinerant seller of nostrums four centuries ago to the unsolicited spam of today's internet. Presenting a broad variety of material: prints by William Hogarth and Honoré Daumier, posters by Jules Chéret and Maxfield Parrish, and books by H.G. Wells and S. Weir Mitchell, it offers a delightful look at the remarkable artistry and elaborate language quacks used to peddle their wares: lavish pronouncements, excessive postures, and imaginatively exalted therapeutic promises. Quarto: 252 p. with nearly 200 illustrations (some color). Original blue cloth binding, with gilt stamping. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some very light fading along the spine. Near fine / Near fine.

Seller ID: 75324

Subject: Medicine

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