Author: ORFILA M. :
Title: Leçons de Médecine Légale. Tome Premier- (Tome Second).
Description: 15. Paris, Chez Béchet Jeune, 1823, 2 vols in-8°, 20,5 x 12,5 cm, xiv + 737 pp ; xviii + 503 pp + 22 plates h.t. (7 coloured), contemporary uniform halfleather , smooth gilt back with two labels, marbled covers and endpapers (paperon covers worn, but a nice set). First edition of a pioneering work on forensic medicine. The author is famous for being one of the founders of toxicology. The plates depict poisonous snakes, plants, fungi etc. .

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