Notes on Hospitals, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the day of publication to "Geo. Godwin Esq. in gratitude for the services he has rendered to the cause of good sanitary construction, Florence Nightingale, London, Dec. 14 1863" on title, third edition, 13 folding engraved plans and maps, 3 folding tables, publisher's cloth, hinges separated, lower joint splitting, small losses to head and foot of spine (some portions retained), paper label on spine [cf. Garrison & Morton 1611, citing first edition of 1859], 4to, Longman, 1863

Footnotes

As editor of The Builder, George Godwin (1813-1888) expanded its scope to include sanitation, social issues, and other subjects. He wrote on slums and promoted the use of public baths, wash-houses, charitable housing trusts, and pavilion-styled hospitals. His architectural works, centred around Kensington and Chelsea, include The Boltons, Elm Park Gardens, and St. Luke's Kensington. The 1863 edition of Notes on Hospitals was "massively augmented and rewritten that it is effectively a new book" (Lynn McDonald, Florence Nightingale and Hospital Reform, 2012, p.79).

Provenance: George Godwin, presentation inscription; James O'Byrne, bookplate, presumably the Liverpool-based architect (1835-1897) whose library was sold at Christie's on 22 July 1987.

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NIGHTINGALE (FLORENCE) Notes on Hospitals, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, Longman, 1863

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