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SCULTETUS, JOHANNES, the Elder. L'Arcenal de Chirurgie . . . Nouvellement traduit en François par un célèbre Médecin . . . avec un Traité des Accouchemens, naturels & contre nature; la Description de deux Monstres humains, & une Dissertation sur un autre Monstre, né à Lyon le 28 de Septembre 1702. 47 engraved plates and one full-page illustration showing surgical instruments and procedures; 2 plates on one leaf and 2 text illustrations depicting monstrosities. [16], 369, [3]; 138, [22] pages, including engraved additional title. 4to, contemporary calf gilt, joints cracked at top and bottom; contents browned, occasional marginal dampstaining, tear across corner of 2H3 without image loss. Lyon: Léonard de la Roche, 1712
First published in 1655 in Latin, " . . . a complete catalogue of all known surgical instruments of the period, of the methods of bandaging and splinting, and of a vast number of operative procedures, all of which are portrayed in the book's forty-three engraved plates"--Norman 1912 (original edition). Garrison-Morton 5571; Heirs of Hippocrates 466.
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