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450 - JAMES, Robert *Universal Dictionary of Medicine, Surgery, Chemistry, Botany, Anatomy, Pharmacy, Natural History, &c.* [...]. Translated from the English by Mr. James, by Mrs. Diderot, Eidous, and Toussaint. Revised, corrected, and expanded by Mr. Julien Busson [...]. Paris: Briasson, David the Elder, Durand, 1746–1748, 6 vols., folio; 60 (of 67) plates (plates 5 and 11 in vol. 2, plates 2 and 3 in vol. 4, plates 4, 5, and 9 missing, text n.c., some spotting). Contemporary marbled sheepskin, spines with raised bands and later title labels, red edges (some minor restorations to spines, joints split or beginning to split, corners bumped, some light rubbing). First French ed. of the monumental “Medical Dictionary” by Robert James (1703–1776). Ill. with 60 plates (on 58 ff.) depicting anatomy, surgical instruments, surgical operations, etc. Ref. Wellcome III:343. - Bibl. Walleriana 5112. - Garrison & Morton 6799. - Conlon 46:579. - Cioranescu 2419 (Diderot).
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JAMES, Robert *Universal Dictionary of Medicine, Surgery, Chemistry, Botany, Anatomy, Pharmacy, Natural History, &c.* [...]. Translated from the English by Mr. James, by Mrs. Diderot, Eidous, and Toussaint. Revised, corrected, and expanded by Mr. Julien Busson [...]. Paris: Briasson, David the Elder, Durand, 1746–1748, 6 vols., folio; 60 (of 67) plates (plates 5 and 11 in vol. 2, plates 2 and 3 in vol. 4, plates 4, 5, and 9 missing, text n.c., some spotting). Contemporary marbled sheepskin, spines with raised bands and later title labels, red edges (some minor restorations to spines, joints split or beginning to split, corners bumped, some light rubbing). First French ed. of the monumental “Medical Dictionary” by Robert James (1703–1776). Ill. with 60 plates (on 58 ff.) depicting anatomy, surgical instruments, surgical operations, etc. Ref. Wellcome III:343. - Bibl. Walleriana 5112. - Garrison & Morton 6799. - Conlon 46:579. - Cioranescu 2419 (Diderot).
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