Traité Pratique de Radiographie Et de Radioscopie: Technique Et Applications Médicales, Par A. Londe, Gauthier-Villari, Paris, 1898, 244 pp, modern hardcover, 9.25 x 6.5”, 8vo.
In good condition. Light wear to extremities with minor scuffing to edges and corners. Rubbing along front joint. Abstract bookplate of Jose Mealha Costa on front pastedown. Internally good with light toning at edges. Free of known markings. Binding tight and intact. Sturdy modern binding has preserved this work well. Please see photos.
Scarce. Albert Londe (1858-1917) was an influential French photographer, medical researcher and chronophotographer. He was a pioneer in X-ray photography and worked as a Medical photographer for the Salpetriere Hospital in Paris. Fabulous photographs throughout of medical procedures, x-ray scans of hands, mummified animals from Egypt and more.