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LARREY, Relation chirurgicale de l'expédition de l'armée d'Orient, 1803
LARREY, Dominique-Jean.
Relation historique et chirurgicale de l'expédition de l'armée d'Orient, en Egypte et en Syrie.
Paris, Demonville et Soeurs, 1803.
8vo (193x125 mm), 10-(1)-480 pages and 2 plates. binding : Contemporary quarter sheep, flat spine. Joints finely restored.
First edition.
Military surgeon, Larrey took part in Napoleon's campaigns in the Middle East, he developed his skills in helping the wounded and is considered the father of emergency medicine.
Two curious engravings of genital elephantiasis which the text tells us were drawn by Charles Balzac and by Pierre-Joseph Redouté (the Raphael of roses here in a completely different register).
references: Garrison-Morton [12942 :"Larrey's history of his experiences with Napoleon and Napoleon's armies during the Egypt campaign. Includes a reprint of Larrey's treatise on trachoma, which was first published at Napoleon's press in Cairo."].
Price : 1300 €
European VAT number: FR87515091171
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