Lot n° 156
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200 - 300
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LARREY (Dominique-Jean). Memorandum on the amputations of th - Lot 156
LARREY (Dominique-Jean). Memorandum on the amputations of the limbs following the shots, supported by several observations. In Paris, by Du Pont, year V - 1797. In-8, [1] f. (title), II p. (introd.), 56 p., modern fawn basane, smooth spine, green bronze title-piece (discreet restoration to the title, slight browning).
Very rare innovative publication on the subject, work of D.-J. Larrey, brilliant surgeon of the First Empire, familiar with the battlefields. It is only in 1803 (21 prairial year XI) that the author will submit his thesis on the same subject, thus obtaining the first doctorate in surgery awarded in France.
Provenance: Grossherzogliche Bibliothek Neustrelitz (stamp on the v° of the title).
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