Commentaria in Hermanni Boerhaave aphorismos, de cognoscendis et curandis morbis. Editio tertia Parisiensis.

5 vol., 4to: viii-[4]-16-884, [4]-769, vi-[2]-685-[2], [4]-668, xii-736-91 pp. (foxing, some marg. wormholes in vol. I and occ. in text in vol. III, end of vol. I sl. browned, marg. damp stain in the begin. of vol. IV).

19th-c. half green calf, marbled paper covers, gilt orn. flat spines, browned sprinkled edges (partly rubbed).

Monumental commentary by the Dutch physician Gerard Van Swieten (1700-1772) on the famous aphorisms of Herman Boerhaave. Laudatory speech on Van Swieten in French in vol. I; Boerhaave's "Libellus de materie medica et remediorum formulis [...]" in vol. V. Titles in red and black (except the 1st).
Ref. Blake 441. - Not in Garrisson & Morton, Bibl. Walleriana (other ed.).
Prov. Ex dono from "Murat, chirurgien chef [...]", 1 January 1897 (ms. notes). - Dr. J.G.A. Borghans (mod. bookpl.).