BOURGELAT, Claude. Matière médicale raisonnée ou précis des - Lot 152

BOURGELAT, Claude. Matière médicale raisonnée ou précis des médicamens considérés dans leurs effets, àl'usage des élèves de l'Ecole royale Vétérinaire avec les formules médicinales. Published in Lyon by Jean-Marie Bruyset in 1765. In octavo / In-8 (19 cm) format. Brown calf. Spine decorated with gilt fleurons. Red edges. Contemporary binding. XXIV-227; (56)-239 pages. Leather loss on spine, binding rubbed in several places. Pages slightly browned. Split leaf (pages 16-17 of the second part). First edition of this natural history, the fruit of the work of Bourgelat, eighteenth-century squire and veterinarian. The author was the founder of the first veterinary school in Lyon in 1761. Complete copy.