Dionis, M

COURS D'OPERATIONS DE CHIRURGIE, DEMONTREES AU JARDIN DU ROI PAR M. DIONIS, PREMIER CHIRURGIEN DE MESDAMES LES DAUPHINES, & CHIRURGIEN JURE A PARIS Huitieme Edition. Premiere Partie

      Paris: Chez Mequignon. Fair. 1782. Hardcover. Description: This volume contains the first five of ten demonstrations. Two preliminary engravings, one of an operating theater, two fold-outs, one of general operating tools, the other of the royal gardens. Many engravings throughout of instruments for specific operations and examples of conditions. Features: Leatherbound book with marbled textblock edges and marbled endpapers. Defects: Boards heavily rubbed especially at edges with some moderate accompanying soiling, small cup ring on front board, 1" long 1/2" wide chunk from mid-fore edge of rear board with some loss of leather, leather mostly worn from spine ends and remainder bears several vertical cracks, hinges cracked externally and internally, previous owner's ink stamp on half-title, significant signature crack between pages 258 and 259, and some minor foxing throughout. In spite of external defects, interior is in tight, clean condition. Book would be an excellent reading or reference copy as is, or a good candidate for rebinding. ; B&W Engravings; Small 8vo 7!" - 8" tall; 480 pages; Rare book room medical sml brownish (bagged) /no lettering scicat .