Author: JAMES Robert
Title: Dictionnaire universel de medecine, de chirurgie, de chymie, de botanique, d'anatomie, de pharmacie, d'histoire naturelle, etc.Traduit de l'Anglois par Diderot .
Description: Paris, chez Briasson, David l'aîné, Durand, 1746 - 1748. 5 vols (of 6) in-folio. Contemorary mottled calf, richly gilt spines. All volumes with gilt coat-of-armes of Aaron de Pinto, famous dutch bookcollector. ¶ Beautiful set of this famous medical dictionary. Unfortunaly we lack the first vol. The dictionary as from A - Z is complete. The first vol is a description of the history and progress in medecine. This copy illustrated with 56 (of 66) beautiful engraved anatomical and chirurgical plates. Very nice " Pinto bindings " .

Keywords: medecine, Diderot, Enlightenment, verlichting, Pinto banden '


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