The dispensary : a poem in six canto's [sic]

Garth, Samuel, Sir, 1661-1719 · 1700 · London : John Nutt · 1 picture

The Dispensary is a 1700 mock-heroic poem in six cantos by Sir Samuel Garth, printed in London by John Nutt, and it satirises the Royal College of Physicians of London and its rivalry with apothecaries over free medicine for the poor. The one picture is a large decorative display title, the word 'Dispensary' set in heavy old-style capitals and lowercase letters with a worn, speckled texture, against a warm cream paper ground. A designer might take from it the dense, uneven letterforms of early eighteenth-century type and its bold, slightly distressed display lettering.

Royal College of Physicians of London · London (England)

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