Dionis,P.
Surgical Operationes oder: Außführlicher Unterricht zur Wund-Arzney, mit vielen und zum Theil gantz neu-inventirten Chirurgischen Instrumenten.... From the French by Selintes (i.e. J.L. von Mosheim). Augsburg, Kühtz 1712. with gest. portrait a. 62 copper plates. 10 pp., 884 pp., 13 pp., 1 w., 2 pp. Bl. Prgt. d. (Newly mounted). Hirsch-H. II, 274. Zeis, Plastische Chirurgie VIII, 43. cf. Garrison-M. 5575. first German edition, compl. with all engravings. - "Dionis taught operative surgery at the jardin-du-Roy, Paris, a famous training ground for surgeons" (G.-M.). Louis XIV appointed Dionis as royal personal physician in 1680. The engravings show surgical instruments and Dionis performing an operation. - Some waterstaining, ca. pp. 750-810 worm track in upper margin, upper front joint somewhat cracked.
