Le Cat,C.N.

Parallele de la taille laterale. Avec celle du lithotome-cache. Suivi de deux dissertations, I. Sur l'adhérence des pierres à la Vellie. II. sur quelques nouveaux moyens de briser la pierre etc. Publié par Alexandre Pierre Nahuys. Amsterdam, M. M. Rey 1766. 8°. XIV, 292 p., [6] fol. with engraved title vignette u. 7 several times. Title vignette u. 7 multiply folded. copper plates. Bindery with gilt label on spine and floral gilt on spine (worn and rubbed, pastedowns partly chipped). Heirs of Hippocrates 854, Murphy, History of Urology 110 ff. Waller 5658. Wellcome III, 468. - First edition. - Nicolas Le Cat (1700-1768) was one of the most famous French surgeons of the 18th century, after his studies in Paris, taught anatomy in addition to surgery in Rouen. - The plates show surgical instruments developed by Le Cat and the human bladder and gall bladder. - Engraved. Armorial bookplate, good decorative bound copy.