Roche, D. de la and P. Petit-Radel — Encyclopédie méthodique. Chirurgie. [Complete text].

Paris, Panckoucke, 1790-1792. Two parts in two. 4to (25.7 x 20.3 cm). Two title pages to the Encyclopédie, two title pages to the Chirurgie parts. Contemporary uniform half calf over marbled boards. Spine with gilt lines, gilt-stippled arabesques, and title. Marbled endpapers. Speckled edges. = A rare part of the Ultimate Encyclopaedia and the largest of all great Encyclopaedias and the most important work published during the French Enlightement. This section written by the French medical doctors Daniel de La Roche (1743-1812), and Philippe Petit-Radel (1749-1815). This is the complete text. A later (1798) published plate volume is not included. Leather dried; worn at upper and lower hinges; light, scattered foxing to a few leaves; otherwise, a very good, complete set of the text.