BARAILON, Jean-François. Mémoires sur des sujets de médecine - Lot 131

BARAILON, Jean-François. Mémoires sur des sujets de médecine, de chirurgie & sur quelques monuments antiques récemment découverts dans le pays de Combraille. Published in Amsterdam by Aux frais d'une société d'imprimeurs in 1784. In twelve / In-12 (17cm) format. Brown marbled calf. Spine decorated with gilt fleurons. Red edges. Contemporary binding. 366-(3)-67 pages. Minor burnt spots. Second edition of two memoirs by Barailon published in 1774 and 1780. Two unpublished memoirs accompany them in the first edition. The first is a medicinal and pharmacological study of miliary fever and ulcers. The work also contains reports on archaeological excavations carried out in the historic Combraille region in the northwest of the Massif-Central. The whole is protected in a period binding in excellent condition. A fine copy.