WITKOWSKI, Gustave-Joseph-Alphonse and CABANES, Augustin. Ga - Lot 618

WITKOWSKI, Gustave-Joseph-Alphonse and CABANES, Augustin. Gayetez d'Esculape. Published in Paris by Maloine - Bibliothèque de curiosités et singularités médicales in 1909. In douze / In-12 format, bradel. Blue half-percaline. Smooth spine decorated with a fleuron, gilt title and author on red leather binding. Contemporary binding. 485 pages, numerous B&W engravings reproduced in the text, title vignette, headbands, lettering and endpapers. Covers rubbed. Paper browned in margins. A singular work by Augustin Cabanès, French physician and medical historian, exploring medical curiosities and idiosyncrasies from a historical perspective. The text is embellished with numerous facsimile engravings and fine typographical ornamentation. A good, clean copy.