2 v. ;|c22 cm. (8vo) Translation of: An enquiry into the nature, rise, and progress of the fevers most common in London, first printed London, 1771 English edition, without M. Pouppée-Desportes' treatise on yellow fever in Saint-Domingue, printed London, 1771; French edition of the same first printed Paris, 1773 Pouppé-Desportes published a work entitled Histoire des Maladies de S. Domingue in Paris, 1770 "De l'Imprimerie de Mme. Ve. Picot, née Fontenay, seul imprimeur du Roi": verso of half-title leaves "Histoire des constitutions épidémiques de Saint-Domingue, suivie de la description de la maladie de Siam, dite fièvre jaune" by Jean-Baptiste-Rene Pouppé-Desportes, v. 2, p. [265]-483, has divisional title page Pagination: v. 1: [2], xxxii, 504 p.; v. 2: [4], 550, [2] p Signatures: v. 1: pi1 a-b 1-31 32; v. 2: pi² 1-32 (12, 17, 17 versos blank) 33-37 (37blank) Includes index in v. 2 John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Sophia Augusta Brown Fund John Carter Brown Library copy quarter bound in contemporary blonde calf with marbled boards Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: Bourdel D.M.: book stamp on recto of half-title and title page leaves of v. 1 and 2 John Carter Brown Library copy has duplicates of p. 521-528 in the table of contents in v. 2; v. 2 p. [1-2], 3rd count, is cut and has lower half of leaf wanting