PETIT, Marc-Antoine. Essay on the medicine of the heart, to - Lot 502

PETIT, Marc-Antoine. Essay on the medicine of the heart, to which have been appended the principal speeches delivered at the opening of the courses of anatomy, operations and clinical surgery, of the Hôtel-Dieu de Lyon. Published in Lyon by the main booksellers and the author's widow in 1823. In octavo / In-8 format. Tobacco half-basin with corners, spine decorated with gilt roulettes and fillets, and cold fleurons, midnight blue marbled edges. 396 pages. A tear in the spine, spine slightly oiled, some foxing and spotting. Second edition of this essay by Marc-Antoine Petit, the Lyon surgeon who initiated medical and surgical teaching in Lyon. The work is dedicated to the qualities of heart that physicians should possess. Copy in relatively good condition.