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====Quality control==== Beyond aesthetics, private presses, historically, have served other needs. [[John Hunter (surgeon)|John Hunter]] (1728β1793), a Scottish surgeon and medical researcher, established a private press in 1786 at his house at 13 Castle Street, [[Leicester Square]], in [[West End of London]], in an attempt to prevent unauthorized publication of cheap and foreign editions of his works. His first book from his private press: ''A Treatise on the Venereal Disease.'' One thousand copies of the first edition were printed.<ref name="Journal-History-Medicine 1970 Jul" />
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