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86. LEROY (Alphonse). Maternal medicine, or the art of raisi - Lot 86
86. LEROY (Alphonse). Maternal medicine, or the art of raising and preserving children. Paris, Méquignon, An XI (1803). In-8, xxiv, 442 p., [1] f. (errata), marbled fawn basane, richly decorated smooth spine.
First edition of this pediatric work by Alphonse Leroy (1742-1816) illustrated with an allegorical frontispiece after Étienne Gois (1731-1823) where, in the background, a bad mother cries for her dead child under the bust of Jean-Jacques Rousseau while in the foreground a good mother takes care of her two children. The author is not so much attacking the philosopher as a misinterpretation of his principles. Binding slightly rubbed, corners dulled. (Dezeimeris, III, 440).
Attached : [Collective]. Dictionary of Medicine. Paris, Béchet, 1821. 20 vol. (of 21) in-8, red streaked half-calf, smooth spine decorated. Monumental work compiling medical knowledge in which Adelon, Béclard, Biett, Breschet, Chomel, Cloquet, Coutanceau, Desormeaux, Ferrus, Georget, Guersent, Jadelot, Lagneau, Landré-Beauvais, Marc, Marjolin, Orfila, Pelletier, Raige-Delorme, Richard, Rochoux, Rostan, Roux and Rullier participated. Incomplete series missing volume XII, worm bite on 3 volumes and other defects.
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