Live auction - Lot 1219
[Medicine - Embryology]
Embryologie ou Ovologie humaine, contenant l'histoire descriptive et iconographique de l'oeuf humain.
Paris, London, J.B. Baillière, 1833
€ 120 / 180
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Lot description
Folio: [4]-104-[2] pp.; 15 pl. (spotting and soiling throughout, some worming on the last three pp.)
Contemp. cardboard binding (very used, front. and back cover loose).
First edition by the French anatomist and surgeon Velpeau (1795-1867). Illustrated with 15 lithographed plates by Chazal depicting various stages in the development of the human foetus.
Ref. BnF. - Wellcome V:337. - COPAC.