DAZILLE, Jean-Barthélemy Observations générales sur les maladies des climats chauds, leurs causes, leur traitement, et les moyens de les prévenir. Paris P.-F. Didot 1785 8vo: xvi-256 pp. (light brown stain in upper marg. throughout, few spots). Contemp. red shagreen, coats of arms and triple filets on boards, richly gilt flat spine, gilt inner dentelles, a.e.g. (few scratches, corners sl. bumped). Rare climatological and physiological research on tropical climates, especially in the Caribbaen, by Jean-Barthélemy Dazille (1738-1812), o.a. surgeon in the marine and "médecin du Roi à S.-Dominingue". Ref. Blake 110. - Pauly 1741. - Wellcome II/438. Prov. Unidentified supralibros.

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