65 - [PARÉ (Ambroise)].

[PARÉ (Ambroise)]. [The Works of Mr. Ambroise Paré, Counselor and Chief Surgeon to the King. With illustrations and portraits of both anatomy and surgical instruments, as well as various monstrosities. The whole is divided into twenty-six books.] [Paris], [Gabriel Buon], [1575]. Folio, [5 (of 10)] leaves, 935 (of 945) pp., (1) p., (45) pp. Old reused parchment (burnished, with traces of old writing in red and brown ink). Later binding. Ex-libris scraped off/detached from the back cover. First leaf detached. The first 5 ff. are missing (title page/table of contents, dedication to the king/portrait, sonnets), as are pp. 475–478, 603–604, 803–804, and 807–810. Tears with missing sections on pp. 473–474. Some gold or silver highlights on the illustrations of instruments (pp. 370–373). Overall condition very worn. Water stains, foxing, soiling, tears. Sought-after first edition of one of the great medical works of the French Renaissance (as is…)