DUJARDIN François (1738-1775) & PEYRILHE Bernard (1737-1 - Lot 58

DUJARDIN François (1738-1775) & PEYRILHE Bernard (1737-1804) Histoire de la Chirurgie, depuis son origine jusqu'a nos jours, Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1774 & 1780. Two volumes in-4 bound, Dasane malbrèe binding, ornate smooth spines, gilt title and tomendon on p-de mar-vert. xix-1-528-xxix-1-4pl. in black + xvj-794-xxxviij pages. First edition. Complete with 4 etched plates by p.c de la gazette (1743-1780). Commissioned by the Royal Academy of Surgery on the initiative of La Martinière, the King's first surgeon. This vast, unfinished study was intended to cover all aspects of the history of surgery from its earliest beginnings to the reign of Louis XVI. Rare reference work in good condition in Empire binding.