Essais d'expériences [...].

8vo: xxxii-417 pp. (some usual spotting).

Contemp. calf (corners rubbed), gilt. orn. spine on 5 raised bands, red leather title label, marbled endpapers.

First and only French ed. translated by Abbadie of the work of the Irish surgeon and chemist D. Macbride (1726-1778), mainly remembered for his work on the treatment of scurvy. Ill. with 4 engr. pl. and 6 fold. tables. Experimental essays on medical and philosophical subjects: on the fermentation of alimentary mixtures, on the nature (...] of fixed air, on the respective powers [...] of [...] antiseptics, on scurvy and on the dissolvent power of quicklime. With a 5-page stocklist of the publ. at the end.
Ref. Blake 281. - Wellcome IV:5. - Vicaire, Gastr., 1 (very first entry "Abadie"). - BnF. - COPAC.
Prov. Stephanus-Franciscus Dutour (old bookpl.).