Medicine - Lot 385

Medicine BORDEU (Théophile de) Recherches sur le Pouls par Rapport aux Crises. Seconde édition, augmentée des Recherches sur les Crises... et des Jugements portés sur la Doctrine du Pouls...Paris, Didot le Jeune, 1768. 2 volumes in-12: 2f, 4pp (table), p.II to XXX (speeches), 356pp / 2f, 4pp (table), 388 pp, 2f. Contemporary marbled fawn calf, ornate ribbed spine, red titles and endpapers (blond for volume II), gilt fillet on edges, red edges. A good copy. This 2nd edition is much expanded from the original of 1756. This work placed the author at the forefront of Parisian physicians; he was the most renowned of this brilliant line of Béarn doctors. Also included: MINVIELLE (M.): Traité de médecine théorique et pratique extrait des ouvrages de M. de Bordeu. Paris, Ruault, 1774. In-12: 585pp, (2). Contemporary marbled fawn calf, ornate ribbed spine, red title page, gilt fillet on edges, red edges.