BOERHAAVE, Herman. Institutions de la Médecine. - Lot 33

BOERHAAVE, Herman. Institutions de la Médecine. Paris, Huart et Briasson, 1740-1747. 6 volumes in 6 vols. in-12. Marbled fawn calf, spine ribbed, decorated with gilt fleurons and small fleurons, title-pieces on red morocco with gilt title and framing garlands, gilt roulette on edges, spotted red edges. (11 f.)+514+(1 f.), 526, 508, 438, 424, 407+(3 f.) pages. Spines slightly worn, edges rubbed, corners rounded. Here fully translated into French by Julien de La Mettrie (1709-1751), the Institutions Médicales is the great teaching manual by Herman Boerhaave (1668-1738), the famous Dutch physician. Organized into 694 aphorisms (short medical points on a specific issue), it tackles all the medical questions of his time, body part by body part, in an organized fashion. A fine set in its homogeneous period binding.