TURNER (Dr) - Lot 632

TURNER (Dr) Treatise on skin diseases in general. Paris, Barois, 1743. 2 volumes in-12: XXII, 1f., 367p., 7f. / 2f., 339pp., 7f. Spotting. Contemporary fawn calf, spine ribbed and decorated, red title-pieces, black end-pieces, headpieces worn, gilt fillet on edges, red edges. Attached: - BRUZEN de LA MARTINIÈRE (Antoine-Augustin) : L'art de conserver sa santé, composed by the Salerno School. Paris, Compagnie des Libraires, 1777. In-12: 12pp, 166pp, 5f, 33pp (Le secret d'être toujours belle). ½ green 19th-century chagrin, ornate spine, small irons between caissons. - CORNARO (Louis): Conseils pour vivre long-tems. Paris, Belin, 1783. Small in-12. Contemporary marbled fawn basane, ornate smooth spine, brown title-piece, cold fillet framing the boards, gilt fillet on the edges, red edges, gilt head. Provenances: Copies from the library of Alexis Jean Armand Mieulet de Lombrail (1828-1904), a native of Tarn-et-Garonne, a young aristocrat whose family came from the Garonne nobility. He attended a Catholic preparatory school in Versailles and embraced positivist ideas. He was a pupil of Auguste Comte.