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DIONIS, Pierre. Cours d'opérations de chirurgie démontrées au Jardin Royal. 1757.

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DIONIS, Pierre. 

Cours d'opérations de chirurgie démontrées au Jardin Royal. 

Paris, Veuve d'Houry, 1757.

Two 8vo (197x125 mm), frontispiece, portrait, xxxii-480 pages / (2),481 à 923 pages and 16 plates.  binding : Contemporary full calf. Gilt spine in six compartment. Two corners chipped, lower cover of vol 2 chipped, lack at the lower cornar of page 77, light waterstain at the beginning of vol. 2. 

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Fifth edition review by La Faye.
51 illustrations in text, 16 plates, one portrait and the frontispice.

references: Garrison & Morton [ 5575 (ed. 1707) : "Dionis taught operative surgery at the Jardin-du-Roi, Paris, a famous training ground for surgeons"], Heirs [650 (ed. 1707 : "this work ...became extremely popular and was widely used as a textbook. It was published in many editions and was translated into several foreign languages. The text reveals that Dionis was a surgeon with compassion for his patients and that he relied heavily on a thorough knowledge of anatomy. The volume contains many illustrations that depict the surgical instruments and other paraphernalia required for a wide variety of surgical procedures."].

Price : 500 €

Photo DIONIS, Pierre. 
Photo DIONIS, Pierre. 
Photo DIONIS, Pierre. 
Photo DIONIS, Pierre. 
Photo DIONIS, Pierre. 
Photo DIONIS, Pierre. 
Photo DIONIS, Pierre. 
Photo DIONIS, Pierre. 
Photo DIONIS, Pierre. 
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