Dionis - General Treatise On Childbirth. Published By Broncard, 1721, 8vo, In A Full Calfskin Binding Of The Period
DIONIS - General Treatise on Childbirth, which instructs on everything necessary to become a skilled obstetrician. Liège, published by François Broncard, 1721; 8vo, frontispiece, XXXII–488 pp., contemporary full calf binding, spine decorated with 5 raised bands, edges painted red, title label in red morocco.
3 plates. The author was chief surgeon to the late Dauphines and a sworn master surgeon in Paris. Dionis (1643–1718) taught surgery at the Jardin du Roi in Paris and was the first to publicly perform anatomical dissections and surgical procedures there. In 1680, he became surgeon to Marie-Thérèse of Austria, then to the Dauphines Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy and Marie-Anne-Victoire of Bavaria.
Period: 18th century
Style: Louis 16th, Directory
Condition: Good condition
Material: Paper
Length: in-8 d'un poids d'environ 800 grammes.
Reference (ID): 1838178
Availability: In stock
