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BUISSON (Mathieu-François-Régis). On the most natural division of physiological phenomena considered in man, with a historical account of Mr. F.-X. Bichat. Paris, Brosson [Imprimerie de Feugueray], year X (1802). In-8, (3) ff. 344 pp. half marbled tan basane with corners, smooth spine decorated, orange title page, yellow edges speckled with red (contemporary binding). Two corners damaged, otherwise a good copy. First edition, uncommon. Cousin and pupil of Xavier Bichat, Mathieu-François-Régis Buisson (1776-1806) had collaborated in all the works of his relative, notably the great Traité d'anatomie descriptive, which he published following Bichat's premature death in 1802 (Monglond V, 1463. Absent from Garrison-Morton, Osler and Sallander.)
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BUISSON (Mathieu-François-Régis). On the most natural division of physiological phenomena considered in man, with a historical account of Mr. F.-X. Bichat. Paris, Brosson [Imprimerie de Feugueray], year X (1802). In-8, (3) ff. 344 pp. half marbled tan basane with corners, smooth spine decorated, orange title page, yellow edges speckled with red (contemporary binding). Two corners damaged, otherwise a good copy. First edition, uncommon. Cousin and pupil of Xavier Bichat, Mathieu-François-Régis Buisson (1776-1806) had collaborated in all the works of his relative, notably the great Traité d'anatomie descriptive, which he published following Bichat's premature death in 1802 (Monglond V, 1463. Absent from Garrison-Morton, Osler and Sallander.)
