BICHAT, Xavier. Traité des membranes en général et de divers - Lot 63

BICHAT, Xavier. Traité des membranes en général et de diverses membranes en particulier. Published in Paris by Méquignon-Marvis and Gabon in 1816. In octavo / In-8 format. Purple half-basane. Smooth spine decorated with quadruple fillets, gilt title and author. Marbled paper boards. Speckled edges. 317 pages. Covers and spine rubbed with a few tears. Some scattered foxing. New edition, with a historical note on the author's life and works, by M. Husson. In this work, first published in 1804 and one of the most important of his oeuvre, Bichat develops the notion of tissue, from which all histology was to derive. Handwritten bookplate on title page. Fairly good condition, fresh interior.