Traité des sens [corr. & enl. ed.].

8vo: [16]-328 pp. (pp. 71-74 loose; some browning).

Cont. marbl. sheep, gilt orn. spine on 5 raised bands, red edges (rubbed, some sm. def., front joint spliting). Good copy.

Third, partly original edition (1st Rouen 1740) of this work on the five senses, by the Rouen surgeon Le Cat (1700-1768). Engr. ills: vign. on title and 19 plates (of which 10 folding) showing the organs in the ear and eye. Title in red and black. Ref. Wellcome III:468. - Blake 260. - STCN. Bound with: Baker, Henry - Le microscope à la portée de tout le monde, ou Description, calcul & explication de la nature, de l'usage & de la force des meilleurs microscopes [...]. Paris, Ch. Ant. Jombert, 1754. 8vo: xvii-[3]-356 pp. (some min. soiling). First and only edition of the French translation by the Jesuit E. Pezenas of "The microscope made easy" (London 1742) by H. Baker (1698-1774). Ill. with 15 engr. fold. pls showing different models of microscopes and various animalcules. Ref. Conlon 54:426. - Blake 28. - Wellcome II:88. - Bn-Opale plus. Prov. Ownership entry on titles erased.