Dissertation sur la pétrification d'un épiploon.

8vo: [8]-117-[6] pp. (sm. tear in outer margin of title underlaid, sm. tear in pl., some tiny wormholes and wormtracks on the first lvs).

Contemp. marbled calf, gilt orn. spine on 5 raised bands, red leather title label, gilt sides, red edges, marbled endpapers.

Very rare first edition of this work on the petrification of the peritoneum, the membrane forming the lining of the abdominal cavity by J.B. Mongin. Illustrated with one engr. fold. pl. showing a cross section of a tumor in the abdominal organs.
Ref. Blake 308. - BnF. - COPAC. - Not in Garrison & Morton, Wellcome.
Prov. C.J.L. Coquereau, D.M.P. (bookpl.). - Libr. ticket.