Live auction - Lot 406
[Medicine - Surgery]
Le chirurgien d'hôpital enseignant une manière douce & facile de guérir promptement toutes sortes de playes.
Paris, L. d'Houry, 1696
Hammer price: €
100
€ 100 / 150
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Lot description
8vo: [40]-367-[1] pp. (browning and some spotting, missing chips of paper on title and final errata leaf).
Contemp. calf, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands (corners def., joints and bands rubbed, head def.).
First edition by the French surgeon in the French army Belloste (1654-1730), dedicated to the marquess of Chamlay. Belloste acquired extensive experience in the treatment of wounds. In this work he presents ways to prevent bone exfoliation and a newly invented plate for trephine dressing.
Ref. Wellcome II:141. - Krivatsy 1078. - BnF.
Prov. Ms. entries on title crossed out. - Bookseller's tick.