Medizin
Velpeau, Alfred A.L.M.
Traité des Maladies du Sein et de la Region Mammaire. Mit 8 farblithogr. Tafeln. Paris, V. Masson, 1854. 2 Bl., XIX, 727 S. 8°. Marmor. HLdr. d. Zt. mit goldgepr. RTitel u. RVerg. (Gelenke angeplatzt, 1 Deckel beinahe los).
Erste Ausgabe. - HoH 1530. - Waller 9854 (nur 2.A.) - Nicht bei Osler u. Cushing. - "Velpeau was the leading French surgeon of the first half of the 19th century. His great treatise on tumours of the breast, his best work, was the most important of its time on the subject. It includes a good account of hyperplastic disease os the breast" (Garrison/Morton 5771). - Tls. stockfleckig, gutes Exemplar.
First edition. With 8 col. engraved plates. Marbled half leather with gilt stamped title to spine and spine gilt (joints cracking, one board nearly loose). - Occ. foxed, good copy.