Édition originale, premier tirage.

Ouvrage posthume qui rassemble les travaux de César Legallois (1770-1814, médecin et physiologist français), qui est notamment reconnu pour sa thèse "Le sang est-il identique dans tous les vaisseaux qu’il parcourt?".

Références:

Heirs of Hippocrates [1252, ed. de 1830 : " This posthumous work, edited by Étienne Pariset (1770-1847), contains his best known work (see no° 1251) as well as his doctoral thesis 'Le sang est-il identique dans tous les vaisseaux qu'il parcourt?' ('Is blood identical in all vessels it passes through?') in which he anticipated an understanding of internal secretions. His son Eugène (1804-1831), wrote a biography of his father which is included as a preface in volume I."].

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Two 8vo (203x127 mm), (6)-32-(2)-33 à 402 pages / (4)-362-(2) pages and one folding plate.

Later half straight-grained morocco, spine gilt in five compartments lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. Two corners a little chipped. Spines slightly faded. Some pencil notes. The folding plate of volume 2 is divided into 2 parts but complete.

First edition, first issue.

Références:

Heirs of Hippocrates [1252, ed. de 1830 : " This posthumous work, edited by Étienne Pariset (1770-1847), contains his best known work (see no° 1251) as well as his doctoral thesis 'Le sang est-il identique dans tous les vaisseaux qu'il parcourt?' ('Is blood identical in all vessels it passes through?') in which he anticipated an understanding of internal secretions. His son Eugène (1804-1831), wrote a biography of his father which is included as a preface in volume I."].