Null "Medicine] Dominique-Jean LARREY (Baron Larrey) (Beaudéan 1766-1842), Frenc…

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"Medicine] Dominique-Jean LARREY (Baron Larrey) (Beaudéan 1766-1842), French physician and military surgeon, father of emergency medicine. Chief surgeon of the Grande Armée, Dominique Larrey followed Napoleon I in all his campaigns. He was a pioneer in the field of battlefield casualty care, providing care in the field as soon as possible, using mobile surgical ambulances. Autograph certificate signed, dated August 4, 1814, attesting to Mr. Bourgeois' wounds received at the Battle of Leipzig in October 1813. 1 page in-4, with wax seal."

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"Medicine] Dominique-Jean LARREY (Baron Larrey) (Beaudéan 1766-1842), French physician and military surgeon, father of emergency medicine. Chief surgeon of the Grande Armée, Dominique Larrey followed Napoleon I in all his campaigns. He was a pioneer in the field of battlefield casualty care, providing care in the field as soon as possible, using mobile surgical ambulances. Autograph certificate signed, dated August 4, 1814, attesting to Mr. Bourgeois' wounds received at the Battle of Leipzig in October 1813. 1 page in-4, with wax seal."

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LARREY, Dominique Jean (1766-1842). Mémoires de chirurgie militaire, et campagnes de D.J. Larrey, Premier Chirurgien de la Garde et de l'Hôpital de la Garde de S.M.I. et R., Baron de l'Empire, Commandant de la Légion d'Honneur ....Member of the Institute of Egypt.... Paris, by J. Smith and F. Buisson. 1812-1817 (And:) Relation médicale de campagnes et voyages de 1815 à 1840, suivie de notices sur les fractures des membres pelviens, sur la constitution physique des Arabes, et d'une statistique chirurgicale des officiers généraux blessés dans les combats et pansés sur les champs de bataille. By M. le Baron Larrey. Paris, J.B. Baillière, 1841. For the Memoirs: 4 volumes in-8. 1/2 havana calf, spine decorated, marbled edges. Contemporary bindings. For the Relation médicale: 1 volume in-8, full dark green chagrin, cold framing on the boards, marbled edges. Bound in contemporary style. Very rare first edition for all 5 volumes. The first 4, published from 1812 to 1817, are partly devoted to the Egyptian Campaign; they are illustrated with engravings, most of them folding. Volume V, published in 1841 and described as extremely rare, is illustrated with 2 folding plates that were sold separately and are missing from most copies. "Memoirs of the most famous surgeon of the Grande Armée, of real importance not only medically, but militarily. In it, he explains how he conceived military surgery in France and the organization he gave it." (Tulard, 849) Bookplates: Comte de Kergorlay (volume I); Charcot, Receveur des finances à Roanne (volume V)

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

LARREY, Félix Hippolyte (1808-1895). Treatment of limb fractures by the irremovable appliance. Thèse présentée et soutenue à la Faculté de médecine de Paris le 16 août 1832.... by Félix-Hippolyte Larrey Paris, Didot le Jeune. 1832. Brochure in-4°, 55 pages. Waiting covers. Rare medical thesis by Félix-Hippolyte Larrey, son of Dominique Larrey, surgeon-in-chief of the Grande Armée, naturally dedicated to his father. Félix-Hippolyte became surgeon to Napoleon III, then surgeon-in-chief of the Armée des Alpes during the Italian campaign of 1859.

Estim. 800 - 1 200 EUR

LARREY, Félix Hippolyte (1808-1895). Collection of 9 publications in 1 small in-8 volume, mid-19th century 1/2 basane. 1) Relation chirurgicale des événemens de juillet 1830 observés à l'Hôpital Militaire du Gros Caillou. By Hippolyte Larrey, surgeon sub-aide-major. Handwritten letter from Larrey to Professor Jules Cloquet. Paris, Mme Huzard, 1831 (144 pages). 2) Speech by M.H. Larrey to the Société de Chirurgie, July 7, 1852 (10 pages). 3) Speech at the funeral of Ribes, former chief physician of the Invalides, by Hippolyte Baron Larrey. S.d. (4 pages). 4) Speech delivered on August 11, 1842 at the funeral of M. le Baron Larrey, by M. Moizin. Paris, 1843 (14 pages). 5) De l'occlusion des paupières dans le traitement des ophthalmies et des maladies des yeux. Speech by M.H. Larrey. Paris, Baillière, 1856 (22 pages) 6) (Eulogy for Jean-Dominique Larrey, signed A. L.. Paris, Bourgogne et Martinet, 1842 (22 pages). 7) Reopening of the Cairo Medical School. Speech delivered by Dr. Clot-Bey, 10 Moharem 1273 -10 September 1856-. Paris, Plon, 1857 (27 pages). Etc... Bold stamp: Bibliothèque du Professeur Jules Cloquet.

Estim. 150 - 250 EUR

TRIAIRE, Paul. Dominique Larrey and the campaigns of the Revolution and the Empire. 1768-1842. Historical study of the 18th and 19th centuries based on unpublished documents. Campaign diary and agenda. Handwritten notes. Official and private correspondence. With portrait. Tours, Alfred Mame. 1902. Large in-8, XV and 757 pages. 1/2 brown calf, spine decorated. Cercle de l'Union gilt irons on tail. Stamp of the Cercle de l'Union on the title and false-title. A good copy of the first edition of this reference work. "The diary differs greatly from printed memoirs. It contains many details about his life and campaigns that Larrey did not deem appropriate for publication (De Meulanaere: Bibliographie raisonnée des témoignages de l'Expédition d'Egypte, n°130).

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