May 15, 2012 - Sale 2279

Sale 2279 - Lot 265

Price Realized: $ 330
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Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
HALLER, ALBRECHT VON. Deux Mémoires sur le Mouvement du Sang, et sur les Effets de la Saignée; fondées sur des Expériences faites sur des Animaux. [12], 343 pages, including engraved frontispiece depicting blood transfusion. 8vo, contemporary calf gilt, spine worn, with later crude cloth lettering pieces, front cover detached; contents generally clean; institutional bookplate with release stamp. Lausanne & Paris, 1756

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first edition of a book containing papers on the circulation and therapeutic bloodletting. Bedford 242; Heirs of Hippocrates 885.