PETIT, Jean-Louis. Traité des maladies des os, dans lequel o - Lot 319

PETIT, Jean-Louis. Traité des maladies des os, dans lequel on a représenté les appareils & les machines qui conviennent à leur guérison. Published in Paris by Cavelier in 1759. 2 volumes in-8, full tan basane, ribbed spines decorated with gilt irons, mahogany title-pieces, red edges. T1 2 ff.n.ch., 67 pp., 320 pp. 2 folding plates; T2 1 ff.n.ch., 2 pp. (483 and 484), 430 pp. pages. Headbands damaged, corners worn, some foxing. Important medical treatise illustrated with numerous woodcuts, including two fold-outs. Augmented by a speech by Dr. Antoine Louis, this work presents various means of treating affections of the bones and teeth. The woodcuts show various instruments, chairs, braces and bandages. Jean-Louis Petit (1674-1750) was a French anatomist whose various publications ensured his renown; he worked at the Spanish and Polish Courts. Handwritten bookplate on first flyleaf. A good copy of this major treatise.