Description: Traite des Maladies des Os. By Jean-Louis Petit and printed in Paris by P.G. Cavelier. 1758, two volumes, 575 and 420 pp, 6.75” x 4”, 8vo, hardcover full leather. In good condition, with rubbing and wear to boards. Primarily exterior wear along edges and corners, with additional wear to the front board of Volume I. Hinges remain in good condition with minor wear and text block remains bound well. Light markings and marginalia. Includes an assortment of black-and-white illustrations of bone-realted injuries, including foldouts. General age-related toning to pages, along with periodic foxing and wear. Please see photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. An extremely scarce piece on bone-related injuries and their treatments. An early posthumous printing by Jean-Louis Petit (1674-1750), a French surgeon best known as the inventor of the screw-type tourniquet, long with being appointed the first director of the French Royal Academy of Surgery in 1731. COLN1759FMNX-0724-aj1923
Price: 450 USD
Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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Binding: Leather
Place of Publication: Paris
Language: French
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Author: Jean-Louis Petit
Region: Europe
Publisher: P.G. Cavelier
Topic: Medicine
Country/Region of Manufacture: France
Subject: Science & Medicine
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1758
