LE CLERC, DANIEL - Histoire de la Medecine : Ou L'on Voit L'Origine & Les Progres de Cet Art, de Siecle En Siecle, Les Sectes, Qui S'y Sont Formees, Les Noms Des Medecins, Leurs Decouvertes, Leurs Opinions, & Les Circonstances Les Plus Remarquables de Leur VieLa Haye (The Hague), Netherlands, Isaac Van Der Kloot. 1729, Nouvelle Edition. Full Leather, 4to - Over 9 " -12" Tall. Ill.: Frontispiece, Plus 8 Plates, and One Folded Table. Hardcover, Published in French; The first large history of medicine; The aged textblock is tight and overall well preserved; Some occasional foxing, browned pages, and the remnant of a bookworm track along the bottom margin of the first 20 pages, not affecting the text; Hand-marbled endpapers, moderately faded; Bound in very edge worn and scuffed full calf; Worn at the spine extremities, board corners; Five raised bands, gilt spine title; 820 pages, plus index."In this first modern history of medicine we find embodied the new methodology of science, with its emphasis on first-hand observation and experience." - From Daniel LeClerc's: "Histoire de la Medecine" by Genevieve Miller, Ph.D.; Dr. Miller's four page essay, in English, is laid in; Garrison & Morton 6379. Very Good. USD 850.00 [Appr.: EURO 736.25 | £UK 640.25 | JP¥ 125057] Book number 24869is offered by:
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