Dec 11, 2014 - Sale 2370

Sale 2370 - Lot 198

Price Realized: $ 8,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
(MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY) m.a. hardy & m.a. de montméja
Clinique Photographique de l'Hôpital Saint-Louis.
Wth 49 mounted photographs depicting patients afflicted with syphilis, eczema, and many other skin diseases, each depicted in graphic detail, including approximately 35 of which are hand-colored; also with 5 microscopic studies. Albumen prints, 4x3 1/2 inches (11.4x8.8 cm.), each with de Montméja's credit and a caption printed on mount recto. Large 4to, rebound with green gilt-lettered leather-backed boards; scattered foxing.
Paris: Librairie Chamerot et Lauwereyns, 1868
Set Alert for Similar Items

Additional Details

A scarce medical title, and one of the earliest volumes to highlight original photographs.