Lot 308
Oral surgery.- Jourdain (Anselme L.B.B.) Traité des Maladies et des Opérations réellement chirurgicales de la Bouche, 2 vol., first edition, Paris, Valleyre l'ainé, 1778.
Hammer Price: £380
Description
Oral surgery.- Jourdain (Anselme Louis Bernard Bréchillet) Traité des Maladies et des Opérations réellement chirurgicales de la Bouche, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, woodcut head-pieces and initials, 7 engraved plates, most folding, vol.1 with b4 lacking portion from fore-margin and e7 with 2 small tears, a few rust spots, contemporary mottled sheep, spines ruled in gilt with red & green labels, rubbed and scuffed, corners worn, vol.1 with a couple of wormholes to spine and staining to upper cover slightly affecting first few leaves, [Wellcome III p.367], 8vo, Paris, Valleyre l'ainé, 1778.
⁂ The first text-book of oral surgery, used in Europe and America for the next 75 years. Many of the plates depict instruments which are described in detail at the end of each volume.
Description
Oral surgery.- Jourdain (Anselme Louis Bernard Bréchillet) Traité des Maladies et des Opérations réellement chirurgicales de la Bouche, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, woodcut head-pieces and initials, 7 engraved plates, most folding, vol.1 with b4 lacking portion from fore-margin and e7 with 2 small tears, a few rust spots, contemporary mottled sheep, spines ruled in gilt with red & green labels, rubbed and scuffed, corners worn, vol.1 with a couple of wormholes to spine and staining to upper cover slightly affecting first few leaves, [Wellcome III p.367], 8vo, Paris, Valleyre l'ainé, 1778.
⁂ The first text-book of oral surgery, used in Europe and America for the next 75 years. Many of the plates depict instruments which are described in detail at the end of each volume.
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