Traité de la suppuration.

8vo: [12]-432 pp. (some staining and browning).

Contemp. calf (def. corners and sides, scratches on covers), gilt orn. spine on 5 raised bands (joints rubbed, starting to split), red edges, marbled endpapers.

Third edition (first 1749) by Quesnay (1694-1774), French physician and doctor to Madame de Pompadour. Dedicated to the Comte de Noailles, the work investigates purulent suppuration, which Quesnay viewed as a positive occurrence as it leads to tissue regeneration.
Ref. Blake 368. - COPAC. - BnF.