BOUISSON, Etienne-Frédéric. Tribut à la chirurgie ou mémoire - Lot 39

BOUISSON, Etienne-Frédéric. Tribut à la chirurgie ou mémoires sur divers sujets de cette science. Published in Paris and Montpellier by J.-B. Baillière et fils; Patras; Pitrat and Virenque in 1858. In quarto / In-4 format. Brown half calf. Spine decorated with gilt fillets and fleurons. Contemporary binding. X-564 pages, 9 black plates out of text. Spine rubbed, two plates missing. An introduction to the practice of medical science. With this work, Bouisson pioneered plastic surgery, notably with three articles on rhinoplasty and his "new procedure of lateral rhinoplasty with the aim of preserving the regularity of the nostril contour". The book also includes a number of observations. A good copy.