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24 - GUYON (Louis) A Course in Medicine, in French, containing *T…
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Estimate €300 - €400
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GUYON (Louis) A Course in Medicine, in French, containing *The Mirror of Beauty and Physical Health*… and the theory, together with practical application, in accordance with both dogmatic and chemical principles… by Lazare Meyssonnier… Sixth and final edition… Lyon, the Bailly brothers [Volume I], Jacques Faeton & Daniel Gayet [Volume II], 1673. 2 volumes in one in-4 volume, 16.5 x 22.5 cm, 8 ff., 400 pp., 12 ff. & 274 pp., 5 ff., 54 pp., 7 + 4 ff., 12 pp., 3 ff., 1 blank folio, 12 folios, 2 folded plates, contemporary binding in brown calfskin, ribbed spine decorated with gilded motifs. A Lyon edition of this medical work, which enjoyed great success in the 17th century. Illustrated with 2 folded plates of anatomical figures, engraved on copper by the Lyon-based artist Nicolas Auroux, and 12 leaves containing woodcuts of plants, on both sides. Traces of worm damage in the margins. A tear, with no loss of material, in one plate, roughly restored in the past. Foxing. - Appraisers: Cédric and Ithier de FOUGEROLLE
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