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<p>[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 969694, member: 33"]It looks original to me (circa mid-1850s). And I think I've identified the owner of the book whose name is written near the label of the bookshop.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dr. Henry De Witt - or DeWitt- Pawling (lived 1810-1892) practiced in the town of King of Prussia, Pennsylvania and was well known enough to have several biographical sketches in old local histories. He served as a surgeon on a naval frigate in the 1830s, as a young man. Then he later practiced in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.</p><p><br /></p><p>Biographical sketch about 3/4 of the way down on this page. And more links to follow!:</p><p><a href="http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/montgomery/history/local/mchb0044.txt" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/montgomery/history/local/mchb0044.txt" rel="nofollow">http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/montgomery/history/local/mchb0044.txt</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://radnorhistory.org/archive/articles/ytmt/?p=841" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://radnorhistory.org/archive/articles/ytmt/?p=841" rel="nofollow">http://radnorhistory.org/archive/articles/ytmt/?p=841</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=kno_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA419&lpg=PA419&dq=%22dr.+henry+dewitt+pawling%22&source=bl&ots=J3JpNl6xBv&sig=ACfU3U1kExUuJB4g6j7mqzXnGEPLEA6FjQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjLnr22xOnkAhVGKawKHVWhBZIQ6AEwA3oECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22dr.%20henry%20dewitt%20pawling%22&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=kno_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA419&lpg=PA419&dq=%22dr.+henry+dewitt+pawling%22&source=bl&ots=J3JpNl6xBv&sig=ACfU3U1kExUuJB4g6j7mqzXnGEPLEA6FjQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjLnr22xOnkAhVGKawKHVWhBZIQ6AEwA3oECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22dr.%20henry%20dewitt%20pawling%22&f=false" rel="nofollow">https://books.google.com/books?id=kno_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA419&lpg=PA419&dq="dr.+henry+dewitt+pawling"&source=bl&ots=J3JpNl6xBv&sig=ACfU3U1kExUuJB4g6j7mqzXnGEPLEA6FjQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjLnr22xOnkAhVGKawKHVWhBZIQ6AEwA3oECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q="dr. henry dewitt pawling"&f=false</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Bio sketch about halfway down:</p><p><a href="http://www.kophistory.org/wpfolder/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/KOPHS-Gazette-5-1-2016-Spring.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.kophistory.org/wpfolder/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/KOPHS-Gazette-5-1-2016-Spring.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.kophistory.org/wpfolder/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/KOPHS-Gazette-5-1-2016-Spring.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And about the book: The National Library of Medicine has digitized an 1857 printing of the book.</p><p><a href="https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/bookviewer?PID=nlm:nlmuid-61541220R-bk#page/1/mode/2up" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/bookviewer?PID=nlm:nlmuid-61541220R-bk#page/1/mode/2up" rel="nofollow">https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/bookviewer?PID=nlm:nlmuid-61541220R-bk#page/1/mode/2up</a></p><p><br /></p><p>From what I can tell it appears that the 1855 edition was the first published in the U.S. Looking at this HathiTrust catalog record, you can see in the right-hand column that there were later editions in the 1860s and 1870s. It also shows a 1907 edition with a different author listed but it includes "Beasley" in the title. I assume this was somebody carrying on the same type of publication.</p><p><a href="https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010600863" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010600863" rel="nofollow">https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010600863</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I also found this entry in WorldCat, from the Library of Congress. In 1993 somebody registered with the Copyright office a book titled <i>Apothecary Antiquities: Book of Prescriptions...</i>, based on Beasley's work. Whether they ever sold this book I have not tried to determine. It may just be one copy on deposit with the Library of Congress, which is required when filing for copyright.</p><p><a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/apothecary-antiquities-book-of-prescriptions-containing-2900-prescriptions/oclc/30475328" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/apothecary-antiquities-book-of-prescriptions-containing-2900-prescriptions/oclc/30475328" rel="nofollow">https://www.worldcat.org/title/apothecary-antiquities-book-of-prescriptions-containing-2900-prescriptions/oclc/30475328</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Whew![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 969694, member: 33"]It looks original to me (circa mid-1850s). And I think I've identified the owner of the book whose name is written near the label of the bookshop. Dr. Henry De Witt - or DeWitt- Pawling (lived 1810-1892) practiced in the town of King of Prussia, Pennsylvania and was well known enough to have several biographical sketches in old local histories. He served as a surgeon on a naval frigate in the 1830s, as a young man. Then he later practiced in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Biographical sketch about 3/4 of the way down on this page. And more links to follow!: [URL]http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/montgomery/history/local/mchb0044.txt[/URL] [URL]http://radnorhistory.org/archive/articles/ytmt/?p=841[/URL] [URL='https://books.google.com/books?id=kno_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA419&lpg=PA419&dq=%22dr.+henry+dewitt+pawling%22&source=bl&ots=J3JpNl6xBv&sig=ACfU3U1kExUuJB4g6j7mqzXnGEPLEA6FjQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjLnr22xOnkAhVGKawKHVWhBZIQ6AEwA3oECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22dr.%20henry%20dewitt%20pawling%22&f=false']https://books.google.com/books?id=kno_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA419&lpg=PA419&dq="dr.+henry+dewitt+pawling"&source=bl&ots=J3JpNl6xBv&sig=ACfU3U1kExUuJB4g6j7mqzXnGEPLEA6FjQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjLnr22xOnkAhVGKawKHVWhBZIQ6AEwA3oECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q="dr. henry dewitt pawling"&f=false[/URL] Bio sketch about halfway down: [URL]http://www.kophistory.org/wpfolder/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/KOPHS-Gazette-5-1-2016-Spring.pdf[/URL] And about the book: The National Library of Medicine has digitized an 1857 printing of the book. [URL]https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/bookviewer?PID=nlm:nlmuid-61541220R-bk#page/1/mode/2up[/URL] From what I can tell it appears that the 1855 edition was the first published in the U.S. Looking at this HathiTrust catalog record, you can see in the right-hand column that there were later editions in the 1860s and 1870s. It also shows a 1907 edition with a different author listed but it includes "Beasley" in the title. I assume this was somebody carrying on the same type of publication. [URL]https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010600863[/URL] I also found this entry in WorldCat, from the Library of Congress. In 1993 somebody registered with the Copyright office a book titled [I]Apothecary Antiquities: Book of Prescriptions...[/I], based on Beasley's work. Whether they ever sold this book I have not tried to determine. It may just be one copy on deposit with the Library of Congress, which is required when filing for copyright. [URL]https://www.worldcat.org/title/apothecary-antiquities-book-of-prescriptions-containing-2900-prescriptions/oclc/30475328[/URL] Whew![/QUOTE]
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