Anthelme Richerand — Nosographie Chirurgicale

Paris, Crapart, Caille et Ravier, 1805-06. First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of this work on surgical diseases by Anthelme Richerand, complete in three volumes. The first edition of this work on surgical diseases. In the original French. Complete in three volumes. Baron Balthasar Anthelme Richerand was a renowned French surgeon. His first work, Nouveaux Elemens de Physiologie, was published in 1801, just two years after he qualified as a doctor, but was met with much academic acclaim, and went through thirteen different editions and was translated into seventeen different languages. Three years after becoming surgeon-in-chief at Hospital Saint-Louis, he published this work, Nosographie Chirugicale, which was again met with much acclaim.  A scarce copy of the author's most important work. In uniform half calf bindings with speckled boards. Externally sound, with rubbing to the head and tail of the spine and less so to the extremities. Chipping to the spine labels of all volumes with loss to volume number of volume one. Handling marks to boards. Offsetting to endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Scattered spotting, heavier to the first and last few pages. Ink inscription dated 1820 to title page of all volumes. Good . Ill.: None. Good .