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Maître Jean-Paul RENOUD-GRAPPIN
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[Medicine.] Compilation. 3 works in 1 vol.
See original version (French)
70
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[Medicine.] Compilation. 3 works in 1 vol.
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,000 - €1,200
Voluntary lot
Description
[Medicine.] Compilation. 3 works in 1 vol. LIEUTAUD (Joseph). *Elementa physiologiæ, juxta solertiora, novissimaque Physicorum Experimenta, & accuratiores Anatomicorum Observationes concinnata*. Amstelodami [Amsterdam], published by the Detourne Brothers, 1749. In-8°, [8] folios, 335, [1] pp. [Preceded by:] HIPPOCRATES. The Aphoristic, Semiotic and Therapeutic Opuscules of the Great Hippocrates, VIII. Together with the Oath, in Greek and Latin, translated by Anutius Foesius and others, prepared for the use of the sacred order of Asclepius. Basel [Bâle], published by Joh. Jacobi Episcopii, 1748. 8vo, [24] folios, 448 pp., [10] folios. Large vignette by CHOVIN, text in Greek with the Latin translation opposite. [Followed by:] Speculum Hippocraticum, notes and omens of diseases, as well as various precepts of medicine, drawn from the writings of the great Hippocrates of Cos [...] compiled for the use of the sacred order of the Asclepiads. Basel [Bâle], published by Joh. Jacobi Episcopii, 1747. In-8°, 300 pp. with an alphabetical index. Stiff ivory vellum, smooth spine with handwritten title, exposed stitching, speckled edges (contemporary binding).
First edition of LIEUTAUD’s work. It deals with physiology, divided into four sections: prolegomena, vital functions, natural functions, and animal functions. White blood cells are mentioned for the first time (‘globuli albicantes’, p. 85).
Handwritten ex-libris by CHASTENIER.
A few very rare wormholes; a good copy.
See original version (French)
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