Pierre Dionis - Cours d'opérations de chirurgie - 1751

The Art of Childbirth. Volume 1 and Volume 2. by BAUDELOCQUE J.L.. Paris, at Méquignon, bookseller to the Faculty of Medicine, M.DCCC.XV. (1815), two volumes in 8vo (13x20 cm) consisting of (16) pages - discourse on the tomb of Mr. Baudelocque on 3 June 1810 by Mr. Leroux -, + XLVII pages - Introduction and table of contents -, + 694 pages and VII - table of contents -, + 582 pages. Fifth edition, revised, corrected and enlarged; preceded by the author’s eulogy by Mr. Leroux, dean of the Faculty of Medicine, and by a notice on his life and works by Mr. Chaussier, Chief Physician of the Maternity Hospice. Illustrated with 7 folding plates for Volume 1 and with a folding table in 3 parts and 10 folding plates at the end (numbered XIII to XVII). Binding half-runtime brown morocco, smooth spine with fillets and small gold motifs, brown title piece and darker brown volume label, edges slightly speckled. Small ownership stamp on the title pages. Some foxing typical of the period. Good copy.