1763 MEDICAL TREATISE ILLUSTRATED ANATOMY by Francois PLANQUE antique V. 8

Francois PLANQUE

Bibliotheque choisie de medecine, tiree des ouvrages periodiques, tant francois qu'etrangers.
Avec plusieurs autres pieces rares & des remarques utiles et curieuses.

(Selected Library of Medicine drawn from French and foreign periodicals, with several other rare items and useful and curious remarks)

Volume VIII

Paris: Chez la Veuve D'Houry; 1763

Illustrated with copperplate engravings.

Original  leather binding. Richly gilt spine with raised bands and two title labels.

Marbled endpapers. Red edges.

With the printed inscription on the inside cover:
"AM Percy, Docteur en Médecine, de l'Academie Royale de Chirurgie, Chirurgien-Major du Regiment de Cavalerie de Berry, a Bethune".

Percy (1754-1825) was one of the most famous French military doctors of the Napoleonic era.
"He attended all the campaigns of the Empire until 1815. In 1800, he advocated for the inviolability of field hospitals" (Hirsch-H. IV, 552).


Very good condition, minor wear

 Size: 8 by 10 inches

Text in French
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