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LIEUTAUD, Joseph (1703-1780). Essais anatomiques. Paris: Pierre-Michel Huart, 1742.
8o (192 x 121 mm). 6 folding etched plates. (Some very minor pale spotting, some leaves lightly browned.) Contemporary French red morocco, spine gilt, edges gilt (some wear at corners, small tear at head of spine); cloth folding case. Provenance: early ownership inscription deleted on front endpaper; bookplate removed.
FIRST EDITION of this practical text on anatomy. "Pathological anatomy in France is said to begin with Lieutaud, physician to Kings Louis XV and XVI. This practical text of anatomy stresses the clinical implications of various structures and has been called the first surgical anatomy. Lieutaud is especially known for his descriptions of the heart and its cavities and the structure of the urinary bladder, as well as for numerous corrections of anatomical errors" (Heirs of Hippocrates). Garrison-Morton 396; Heirs of Hippocrates 863; Waller 5815; Wellcome III, p. 516; Norman 1352.
8o (192 x 121 mm). 6 folding etched plates. (Some very minor pale spotting, some leaves lightly browned.) Contemporary French red morocco, spine gilt, edges gilt (some wear at corners, small tear at head of spine); cloth folding case. Provenance: early ownership inscription deleted on front endpaper; bookplate removed.
FIRST EDITION of this practical text on anatomy. "Pathological anatomy in France is said to begin with Lieutaud, physician to Kings Louis XV and XVI. This practical text of anatomy stresses the clinical implications of various structures and has been called the first surgical anatomy. Lieutaud is especially known for his descriptions of the heart and its cavities and the structure of the urinary bladder, as well as for numerous corrections of anatomical errors" (Heirs of Hippocrates). Garrison-Morton 396; Heirs of Hippocrates 863; Waller 5815; Wellcome III, p. 516; Norman 1352.