Médecine - Médecine et thérapeutique - 1809-1850

A set of six old volumes devoted to the history of medicine, therapeutics, and pathology, gathering three important 19th-century physicians.

The particular interest of this collection lies in the presence of the original edition of Nouveaux éléments de thérapeutique et de matière médicale by Jean-Louis Alibert (1804-1805).

1. Jean-Louis Alibert – Nouveaux éléments de thérapeutique et de matière médicale – FIRST EDITION (1804-1805)

Paris, Crapart, Caille et Ravier, years XII-XIII (1804-1805).

2 volumes in old bindings.

First edition of this important work on therapeutics and materia medica, published by Jean-Louis Alibert (1768-1837), physician at the Saint-Louis hospital and a prominent figure in the history of French medicine.

The work studies medicinal substances, their properties, their effects on the organism, and the principles of their administration.

Special feature: the title page of the first volume is missing, with no obvious sign of removal. The title page of the second volume is present and bears the date of year XIIII (note: actually an error in original, should be year XIII).

2. Maximilien Stoll – Médecine pratique – 1809

Paris, J.-A. Brosson et Gabon, 1809.

2 volumes, new edition of the French translation by P.-A.-O. Mahon, with notes notably by Pinel and Baudelocque.

An important work of clinical medicine, representative of Viennese medical teaching at the turn of the 19th century.

3. Augustin Grisolle – Traité élémentaire et pratique de pathologie interne – 1850

Paris, Victor Masson, 1850.

2 volumes, fourth edition revised and enlarged.

Treatise devoted to the study of internal diseases, their clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatments.

General condition

Set of six volumes in old bindings, with gilded titles and ornaments on the spines.

Bindings showing rubbing, wear to the heads and tails, and the usual signs of time.

Interior pages generally well preserved in the photographed leaves, with some foxing, stains, and signs of use.

Absence of the title page of Volume I of Alibert, noted for transparency.

An interesting set for collectors of old medical books, particularly thanks to the presence of Alibert’s original edition.