[MEDICINE]. HISTOIRE DE LA SOCIÉTÉ ROYALE DE MÉDECINE avec les Mémoires de médecine &, de physique médicale. Paris, P.-D. Pierres &, Didot, then Th. Barrois, 1780-1790. 5 vol. in-4° bound in full blond leopard-printed basane, spines gilt and decorated, triple fillet stamped in cold on the boards, double gilt fillet at the edges (period binding). Decorated with a woodcut header vignette repeated in each volume, 20 engraved and numbered plates, woodcut headpieces and footnotes. The set is completed with 83 folding tables. The 5 volumes cover two periods: the first from 1777 to 1779 (2 vols.) and the second from 1784 to 1788 (3 vols.). Each of them is divided into two parts, one entitled History proposing data on the society itself and the other entitled Memoir grouping various thematic subjects such as anatomy, epilepsy, rabies, etc. Interesting set in a period binding with some flaws including missing headpieces Good condition despite the bindings with some wear Binding : Several headpieces missing, others with small flaws Joints cracked or partially cracked Some dull corners Old restorations on some vol. and old epidermis on some boards Inside pages : Some spotting more or less present depending on the volume Some ff. slightly browned