Cours d'opérations de chirurgie, démontrées au Jardin Royal [...].

2 vol., 8vo: xxxii-480, [2]-481/920-[3] pp. (some marg. waterstaining in vol. I).

Contemp. mottled calf (def. on covers), gilt orn. spines on 5 raised bands, red edges, marbled endpapers.

Seventh edition of this work on surgery by the French anatomist and obstetrics surgeon P. Dionis (1643-1718). Illustrated with an engr. author's portrait, 2 front. (Jardin Royal and an amphitheater lesson), 1 fold. pl., 15 full-page pl. and numerous in texto woodcuts. "Dionis taught operative surgery at the Jardin-du-Roi, a famous training ground for surgeons" (Garrison & Morton).
Ref. Blake 121. - Wellcome II:471. - Cp. Garrison & Morton, 5th ed., 5575.
Joined: Id. - L'anatomie de l'homme, suivant la circulation du sang, & les dernieres découvertes. Démontrée au Jardin Royal [...]. Paris, Laurent d'Houry, 1705. 8vo: [32]-710-[38] pp. (tear in fold. pl. repaired with tape). Contemp. calf (corners rubbed and sl. bumped, some def. on covers), gilt orn. spine on 5 raised bands (joints rubbed starting to split, head sl. def.). Later edition (first 1691). Engr. ill.: front., author's portrait and 20 (of 22) plates (incl. a folding one of the heart). Ref. Blake 121. - Wellcome II:471.- BnF. - Not in BL London. Prov. Ownership entry on title and in fine. (3 vol.)