Avenel - Le Collége des Médecins de Rouen - 1847





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A rare first edition (1847) in French by Avenel, Le Collège des Médecins de Rouen, bound in half leather, 366 pages, 22 × 13 cm, published by Imp. de A. Péron in Rouen, a medico-historical study of Normandie institutions based on the Rouen College of Physicians documents (1669–1792).
Description from the seller
Rare first and only edition of this interesting historical study dedicated to medical institutions in Normandy, based on the official documents of the College of Physicians of Rouen (1669-1792). The frontispiece is adorned with the woodcut bearing the ancient seal of the Medical Society (1605), depicting Christ with arms outstretched between the city’s coat of arms.
A. Avenel, Le Collège des Médecins de Rouen, ou documents pour servir à l'histoire des institutions médicales en Normandie, Rouen, Imp. de A. Péron, 1847.
PP.: (IV), II, 359, (I). COMPLETE.
Copy with leaves in overall very good condition, with the usual signs of use and time.
Contemporary half-leather binding with gilt title on the spine, very well preserved. Endpapers in marbled paper.
Seller's Story
Rare first and only edition of this interesting historical study dedicated to medical institutions in Normandy, based on the official documents of the College of Physicians of Rouen (1669-1792). The frontispiece is adorned with the woodcut bearing the ancient seal of the Medical Society (1605), depicting Christ with arms outstretched between the city’s coat of arms.
A. Avenel, Le Collège des Médecins de Rouen, ou documents pour servir à l'histoire des institutions médicales en Normandie, Rouen, Imp. de A. Péron, 1847.
PP.: (IV), II, 359, (I). COMPLETE.
Copy with leaves in overall very good condition, with the usual signs of use and time.
Contemporary half-leather binding with gilt title on the spine, very well preserved. Endpapers in marbled paper.

