ZIMMERMANN, Johann Georg. Traité de l'expérience en général, - Lot 547

ZIMMERMANN, Johann Georg. Traité de l'expérience en général, et en particulier dans l'art de guérir, published in Paris by Méquignon-Marvis; Gabon and Crochard in 1817. 2 volumes in-8, mahogany half-basin. 339 pp. ; 350 pp. Slightly yellowed spines. Slight yellowing. French translation by Jean-Baptiste Lefebvre de Villebrune of this treatise by the Swiss philosopher, enriched with a life of the author by Tissot. Johann Georg Zimmermann, personal physician to George III, is renowned for his "Réflexions sur la solitude", a best-selling work that was reprinted many times and expanded over a period of thirty years. Handwritten bookplate "J J Pecoul" on the title pages. A good, well-established copy.