HARTLEY, David. Collection of Experiments and Observations o - Lot 248

HARTLEY, David. Collection of Experiments and Observations on the Stone. Et en particulier sur les Effets des remèdes de Mademoiselle Stephens, pour dissoudre la Pierre. Published in Paris by Durand in 1743. In 2 volumes of In octavo / In-8 format (160 x 100 mm). Brown basane, engine-turned spinebands with handwritten paper title-piece, gilt fillet and gilt-lettered bindings, gilt roulette at the edges, engine-turned headpieces and red edges. VII, 1 f.n.ch., 382 pages and 1 f.n.ch. errata; 1 f.n.ch., 333 pages and 1 f.n.ch., 1 plate engraved by Brunet opposite the beginning of the text. Bindings rubbed, covers worn, both volumes water-soaked, quires K2-R8 of the second volume (pp. 115-208) out of order. Second edition of the French translation, the first having appeared in 1740 in one volume. In this book, Dr. Hartley seeks to demonstrate the efficacy of a remedy invented by a certain Joanna Stephens, which is supposed to reliably resolve kidney stones. Half-faded wet stamp of the Saint-Dié seminary library on the title page of the second volume. Interesting set, complete with engraved plate.