Oeuvres Chirurgicales
Lyon: Jean-Antoine Huguetan, 1674. Very Good. Item #47462
Lyon: Jean-Antoine Huguetan, 1674. "Derniere Edition, Soigneusement reveue, & enrichie de plusieurs Figures inventees par l'Autheur." Small, thick octavo (18.5cm); early 20th century gilt-lettered crimson and navy blue morocco, spine in five compartments, marbled endpapers; [16],936,[22]pp.; woodcut illus. throughout. Some rubbing to leather extremities, scattered foxing to textblock, retaining original front free endpaper with notes in a contemporary hand. A Very Good example overall. Text entirely in French.
Surgical textbook by the anatomist and educator Hieronymus Fabricius (ca. 1533-1619) first published in 1617 describing "techniques entirely new to that age" (Heirs to Hippocrates 366, citing the 1641 edition).
Price: $500.00