Traite D’Anatomie Descriptive / Treatise on Descriptive Anatomy (5 volumes)
Paris: Brosson & Gabon, 1801-1803. 1st Edition. HARDCOVER.
5 small octavos; hardcover; the volumes are 464, 608, 461, 488, and 463 pp, respectively. All text block edges are beautifully marbled; leather spines with gilt tooling; Tight bindings on all, though front hinge of Volume I is cracked; Washington Medical Library Association markings to endpapers of all volumes, else interiors clean throughout; endpapers of a few volumes lightly foxed, text blocks not affected; edges and corners lightly to moderately bumped and rubbed; Very Good set.
Marie François Xavier Bichat (1771-1802) was a French anatomist and pathologist; he was the earliest 19th century exponent of anatomy and scientific medicine in France, and is regarded as the father of histology and descriptive anatomy. He died with only the first two volumes in this set published; the other three were published posthumously.
. Very Good. Item #165906KCMS.
Price: $400.00