DEVERGIE, Alphonse. Médecine légale théorique et pratique, w - Lot 209

DEVERGIE, Alphonse. Médecine légale théorique et pratique, with the text and interpretation of laws relating to legal medicine. Published in Paris by Germer-Baillière in 1840. In 3 volumes of In octavo / In-8 format. Half brown basane. Smooth spines decorated with gilt irons, gilt title and tomaison. Cold lace on leather covers, duck blue percaline boards. Speckled edges. XII-770-6 ; 648 ; 832 pages, with 2 folding tables in volume 3. Spine faded in volume 1, minor rubbing, corners slightly crushed. Scattered foxing. Second edition of this work by French physician Marie-Guillaume-Alphonse Devergie (1798 -1879), one of the pioneers of forensic medicine in France, with the text and interpretation of the laws relating to forensic medicine, revised and annotated by Jean-Baptiste Dehaussy de Robécourt. Complete set in 3 volumes, with handwritten bookplate on title page. Good set, uniformly bound.