This work is a historical treatise on the principles of surgery that was influential in the 18th century, reprinted several times. Author: M. Lafaye (Georges de La Faye, 1699-1781) Paris, D'Houry père and Laurent d'Houry fils, 1749 XII, 392 pp., 1 leaf. Contemporary leather binding with floral gilt spine and spine title label Size 16 x 10 cm Condition: Tears in the spine, with handwritten entries on the endpapers, pages slightly browned