"Matière médicale de Monsieur de Lamure, professeur en medecine de l’université de Montpellier, copiée en 1764".

C. 24,5 x 19,5 cm: [1]-[3 bl.]-646 pp.

Contemp. sheep, gilt spine with raised bands and morocco label, red edges (rubbed, tail def., some dampstaining and worming in fore-edge margin occ. touching text). Good condition.

Contemp. copy of an extensive treatise by the Montpellier medical professor François-Bourguignon de Bussières de Lamure (1717-1767). With a table of contents and a few manuscript addenda. The manuscript deals with pharmacology and the therapeutic actions of various drugs.