L'art de guérir les maladies vénériennes [...].

3 parts in 1 vol., 12mo: [20]-149-[7], 162-[10], 169-[11] pp. (some browning).

Later green morocco, triple gilt border on covers, gilt orn. spine on 5 raised bands (joints sl. rubbed, sm. def. at head), gilt sides, gilt inside dentelles, marbled endpapers.

Fifth corr. edition (first 1674) by the historian and surgeon N. de Blegny (1652-1722). Illustrated with 3 full-page engr. pl. and 1 in text. Blegny was appointed surgeon to Queen Maria Theresa of Spain in 1678, then physician to King Louis XIV in 1682. Title in red & black.
Ref. BnF. - STCN. - Wellcome II:179. - Krivatsy 1370. - COPAC.
Joined: 1. Marat, J.-P. - Marat spécialiste des maladies vénériennes. "An essay on gleets" (Londres, 1775). Traduit de l'anglais par le docteur J. Payenneville. Rouen, Lecerf Fils, 1912. 4to: [10]-iv-32 pp. Contemp. red morocco, spine on 5 raised bands (joints sl. rubbed), gilt sides, gilt inside dentelles, marbled endpapers, orig. wr. pres. One of 80 copies. This is n. 1 on Japanese vellum reserved for the author. Signed and dated by Payenville. Prov. J. Payenville (bookpl.). - 2. Parent-Duchatelet, A.-J.-B. - De la prostitution dans la ville de Paris, considérée sous le rapport de l'hygiène publique, de la morale et de l'administration [...]. Brussels, Établ. Encyclographique; London, Dulau & Cie, 1837. 4to: xvi-392 pp. (some spotting on the fold. pl.). Contemp. half red sheep, decorated paper on covers (corners bumped, lower cover sl. def.), gilt orn. spine on 4 raised bands (joints starting to split). Ref. COPAC. (3 vol.)