Consultations sur la pluspart des maladies qui sont du ressort de la chirurgie.

8vo: xvi-431-[4] pp. (without the errata leaf quoted in Wellcome, 1st blank endpaper loose, occ. foxing, some stains, very marginal wormhole).

Contemp. marbled calf, gilt-tooled spine with raised bands, red edges (rubbed, some sm. lacks of leather, dulled corners, sm. cracks on spine, sm. wormhole at the bottom, trace of a sm. label on a board).

First edition of this work, the culmination of 50 years of surgical practice by the French surgeon Le Dran (1685-1770), a specialist in lichotomy, with valuable case reports on military and general surgery. Ref. Wellcome III:473. - Blake 261. Joined: 2 medical books 12mo in similar contemp. bindings: (1). LA CHARRIÈRE, Joseph de.- Traité des opérations de la chirurgie [...]. Augmenté des bandages & appareils à la fin de chaque opération [...]. Quatrième édition, revûë & corrigée par l'auteur. P., veuve de Daniel Horthemels, 1721. [8]-398-[2] pp. (some sm. stains, very marginal worm tracks; binding sl. used, trace of a small label on a board).-- (2). JACKSON, Josephus.- Enchiridion medicum theoretico-practicum [...]. Nuremberg, G.C. Lochner, 1738. [24] (incl. 1 front.)-237-[1 bl.] pp. (waterstains, some pale foxing, rubbed binding with minor lacks of leather, dulled corners, stamps). 1 allegorical title-front., title- and tail-pieces. Prov. Armorial wax seal with ms. mention "Aschaffenburg 1753". - Library of the Friars Minor (stamp). Ref. Wellcome III:425 (No. 1). - Blake 232 (No. 2). (3 vols)