Observations sur la cure radicale de plusieurs polypes de la matrice, de la gorge et du nez.

8vo: xxxvi-595-[5] pp. (some min. browning and spotting).

Contemp. mottled calf (some scratches, corners and sides sl. def.), gilt orn. spine with 5 raised bands (joints starting to split, head def.), red edges, marbled endpapers.

Third revised edition of this important work dealing with polyps and soft tumours affecting the mucous membranes by the well-known obstetrician A. Levret. Ill. with 6 fold. engr. pl. by Muttel after Levret representing polyps, surgical interventions and obstetrical instruments which were modified and improved by Levret himself. The first chapters deal exclusively with the female genitals, the following chapters with the nose and throat.
Ref. Wellcome III:509. - BnF. - COPAC. - Blake 270.
Prov. H.B. Semmelink (stamp). - Nil-nisi-Bene (bookpl.).
Joined, same author: 1. Observations sur les causes et les accidens de plusieurs accouchemens laborieux, avec des remarques [...]. Paris, P.A. Le Prieur, 1762. Bound with: Suite des observations [...]. Paris, Delaguette, 1751. 2 parts in 1 vol., 8vo: xxxvi-248-[3], xvi-170-[3-1 bl.]. pp. Contemp. mottled calf (corners bumped and rubbed, some scratches on covers), gilt orn. spine with 5 raised bands (head and tail sl. def.), sp. edges, marbled endpapers. Third edition of the "Observations"; first edition, second issue of the "Suite". Ill. with 3 fold. engr. pl. Ref. COPAC. - Blake 270. - BnF. - Wellcome III:509. Prov. Joseph van Bavegem (ms. ownership entry). - 2. L'art des accouchemens, démontré par des principes de physique et de méchanique. Paris, Didot The Younger, 1766. 8vo: [8]-xvi-480 pp. (spotting and browning, tears affecting fold. pl). Contemp. mottled calf (corners def.), gilt orn spine with 5 raised bands (splitting joints, sm. def. at head and tail), red edges, marbled endpapers. Third ed. ill. with an author's portr. and 5 fold. engr. pl. Ref. Blake 269. - Wellcome III:510. (3 vol.)