BELL, Benjamin and BOSQUILLON, Édouard (trans.). Traité de l - Lot 49

BELL, Benjamin and BOSQUILLON, Édouard (trans.). Traité de la Gonorrhée virulente et de la maladie vénérienne. Published in Paris by Au Collège national de France in 1802. In 2 volumes of In octavo / In-8 format. Midnight blue half-basane. Smooth spines adorned with gilt fleurons and fillets, gilt friezes and fillets, gilt author, title and tomaison. LXVIII-576 ; 692 pages. Overall rubbed, leather and boards missing, small loss at upper head of volume 2, dull edges and corners. Paper browned, some foxing, brown spotting in lower corners of pages in vol. 2. First French edition of this medical treatise by Benjamin Bell (1749-1806), who was the first to differentiate gonorrhea from syphilis. It was translated by M. Bosquillon from the 2nd English edition, and enlarged with a large number of observations on the means of recognizing and treating diseases of the urinary tract and skin. Complete series in 2 volumes. Satisfactory condition throughout.