Cours d'opérations de chirurgie, démontrées au Jardin Royal
Course of surgical operations, demonstrated in the Royal Garden
Published in 1751 in Paris, by d'Houry, sole printer and bookseller to Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans
Fourth edition
Illustrated with numerous plates and engravings in the text, including the famous plate of Poor Malabou and her scrotal elephantiasis on page 112/113, which the author mentions on page 373.
Description
“Cours d'opérations de chirurgie, démontrées au Jardin Royal” (Course of surgical operations, demonstrated in the Royal Garden)
By Dionis, First Surgeon to Mesdames Les Dauphines
Published in 1751 in Paris, by d'Houry, sole printer and bookseller to Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans
Fourth edition
Illustrated with numerous out-of-text plates and engravings in the text, mostly depicting surgical tools used in operations, including the famous plate of Poor Malabou and his scrotal elephantiasis on page 112/113, which the author mentions on page 373.
Frontispiece portrait of Dionis opposite another engraving depicting a public dissection in an amphitheater at the opening of the work.
The leather binding is original, but the corners are very rubbed, and the top of the headband is missing. The spine is cracked throughout.
The interior is fresh.
Dimensions: In-8: 12.5x19 cm - 920 pages
Beautiful 18th-century book