Essais et observations de médecine de la Societé d'Edinbourg, ouvrage traduit de l'Anglois, & augmenté [...] d'observations concernant l'histoire naturelle, & les maladies des yeux.

4 (of 7) vol., 8vo: lii-431-[13]-[1-1 bl.]-129-[2-1 bl.], xxiv-543, [1-1 bl.]-543, vii-[1 bl.]-674-[6] pp.

Contemp. calf (corners sl. rubbed), gilt orn. spines on 5 raised bands (def. at head and tail of the 1st vol.), red leather title labels.

Rare first edition of the French translation. First 4 parts only, illustrated with 16 engr. fold. pl. Collection of observations and essays on various subjects of medicine especially in urology and concerning ophthalmology and diseases such as rabies, cholera and tuberculosis. The contributions are from English and foreign physicians. Demours himself offers mostly ophthalmological knowledge sharing a lot of important discoveries in ocular surgery and acquired a rare skill in the knowledge and treatment of diseases.
Joined: Commentarii de rebus in scientia naturali et medicina gestis. Leipzig, Gleditsch, 1793. 4to (some usual browning and spotting, some water stains in the beginning). Contemp. vellum, flat spine. Third decade only of this journal reporting on the news in medicine and science. Ref. VD18 9031011X. (5 vol.)