Guérison de la paralysie par l'électricité [...].

12mo: [5-1 bl., front. incl.]-xxvii-[1]-234-[2] pp. (title and front. sl. soiled).

Contemp. mottled calf (corners sl. rubbed), gilt orn. spine (sm. def. at tail), red leather title label, red edges, marbled endpapers.

Second edition (first 1772) of this work on electrotherapy by the French professor J. Sans. Illustrated with an engr. front. by J.B. Chevalier after Y. le Gouaz showing a paralytic suffering the effects of electricity, the hand extended towards a light coming from the sky and 4 engr. fold. pl. Sans uses the static electricity machine of Nollet and reports eight succesful observations.
Ref. BnF. - COPAC. - Blake 400. - Wellcome V:21.
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