HEISTER (Laurent). Institutions de Chirurgie, où l'on traite - Lot 45

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HEISTER (Laurent). Institutions de Chirurgie, où l'on traite - Lot 45
HEISTER (Laurent). Institutions de Chirurgie, où l'on traite dans un ordre clair et nouveau de tout ce qui a rapport à cet art: Ouvrage de près de quarante ans, Orné d'un grand nombre de figures en taille-douce, qui représentent les Instrumens les plus approuvés & les plus utiles, le manuel des Opérations, les Appareils & les Bandages. Avignon, J. J. Niel, 1770. 2 vol. in-4° of 16, XLII, 627, [5] pp.; 639, [37] pp. gr. portrait of the author in front. and 40 folding plates h.-t. Marbled fawn basane, 5-rib flowered spine, fawn morocco t. and tom. pages, double cold fillet on covers, gilt roulette on edges, marbled edges (Binding of the period). 1st edition in French of the famous surgical treatise by one of the best surgeons of the 18th century, the father of modern German surgery (Hoefer). Complete with 40 folding plates. Note the interesting bibliographical catalog of surgery (I, pp. I-XLII). Ex-libris ms. "Isaltet". Quérard, IV, 56. Holes with missing parts on pp. XXVII-XXX of volume I, tears without missing parts on pl. V, XII, XVI and XXXX, some marginal wetness and a few rings in the text, all not serious. Worn binding.
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