BAUMES, Jean Baptiste Théodore. Mémoire [...] sur le Vice Sc - Lot 122

BAUMES, Jean Baptiste Théodore. Mémoire [...] sur le Vice Scrofuleux... et Mémoire [...] sur les Maladies qui résultent des Emanations des Eaux Stagnantes... Published in Nîmes by Belle and in Paris by Théophile Barrois and Mecquignon in 1789. Two works contained in an In-8 volume. Black half-basin. Smooth spine decorated with gilt faux nerfs. Later binding. (3)+312+290+(4) pages, second work with fold-out statistical table. Edges rubbed and corners dulled. Pages lightly browned, otherwise good condition and fairly fresh inside. First edition. This volume brings together two memoirs by Jean Baptiste Théodore Baumes (1756-1828), the first on scrofulous vice (a form of tuberculosis), the second on marshy effluvia, or diseases resulting from stagnant water.