Ventes live - Lot 729
[Urology]
Parallèle de la taille latérale [...] avec celle du lithotome-caché [...].
Amsterdam, Marc Michel Rey, 1766
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Description du lot
8vo: xiv-292 pp.
Contemp. mottled calf, triple gilt border on covers (corners rubbed), gilt orn. spine on 5 raised bands (joints sl. rubbed), marbled endpapers, red edges.
First edition of this work on lithotomy by the French surgeon Le Cat (1700-1768). Ill. with an engr. title vign. and 7 engr. fold. pl. showing surgical instruments. He compares the method of using a lateral perineal incision to enter the bladder with other types of perineal incisions which often resulted in destruction of important anatomical structures.
Ref. Blake 260. - Wellcome III:468. - BnF. - COPAC.
Prov. André Bréant (bookpl.).