free and impartial enquiry into the antiquity and efficacy of touching for the cure of the king's evil
Subtitle: written some time since, in two letters : the one to Dr. Steigertahl ... : the other to Sir Hans Sloane ... : now first published, in order to a compleat confutation of that supposed supernatural power, lately justified in a pamphlet, intituled, A letter from a gentleman at Rome, to his friend in London, &c. : to which is added, A collection of records
By: by William Beckett ...
Contributors: Steigerthal, Johann Georg, b. ca. 1667; Sloane, Hans, Sir, 1660-1753.; Simpson, Sparrow (association); Young, Sidney (association); Power, D'Arcy, Sir, 1855-1941, (bookplate)
Publisher: Printed, and sold by J. Peele ...
Published: 1722
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 63
Subjects: M. T.; Scrofula.; Royal touch.; Charms.; Amulets.
Other titles: A dissertation concerning the ancient method made use of, for the curing diseases by charms, amulets, &c.
Notes: A retort to: A letter from a gentleman at Rome, to his friend in London, giving an account of some very surprizing cures in the king's evil by the touch, lately effected in the neighbourhood of that city (signed M.T.) (London, 1721)

"A dissertation concerning the ancient method made use of, for the curing diseases by charms, amulets, &c. : being a continuation of the former free and impartial enquiry : in a letter to Sir Hans Sloane ...": p. [39]-36

"A collection of records referred to in the preceding papers"; p. 1-24 (at end)

RBSC copy: Pages 15-24 (at end) slightly mutilated.  Ex libris the Revd. Sparrow Simpson, and Sidney Young; and with the bookplate of D'Arcy Power.  With 2 A.L.S. to D'Arcy Power, from Sidney Young, and Helen Farquhar pasted in at front.