Histoire de la Société royale de médecine. Année MDCCLXXVI [- MDCCLXXXIX]. Avec les mémoires de médecine & de physique médicale, pour la même année, tirés des registres de cette société.

19 parts in 10 vol., 4to (foxing, occ. pp. or pl. sl. browned, wormholes throughout in vol. III, marg. damp stain to 2nd part of vol. IV and to 1 p. in vol. VI, tear reinforced in p. 79 of vol. VI 2nd part, sm. hole in 1 table of vol. III).

Contemp. marbled sheep, gilt orn. spines with raised bands, red edges (rubbed on the edges, defects or traces of use, a few more important).

Complete collection of the publication of the "Société royale de médecine" founded in 1776. Each volume is composed of 2 parts: "Histoire" (containing information regarding the Society's functioning such as reports, election of members, prizes, meteorological information, epizootic diseases, surgery etc), "Mémoire" with small treatises on various subjects (anatomy, epilepsy, rabies, electricity, botany etc). Engr. ill. (some fold.): frontispiece, 56 plates and 158 tables.
Ref. Blake 423. - Conlon 79:299 et sq. - Not in Wellcome or Bibl. Walleriana.