Recueil D’Observations D’Anatomie et de Chirurgie, 1766

Recueil D’Observations D’Anatomie et de Chirurgie; Pour sevir de ase a la Theorie des lesions de la tete, par contre-coup. A Paris, Chez P. G. Cavelier, Libraire, rue S Jacques, au Lys d’or. 1766 Avec Approbation & Privilege du Roi. 
 
A collection of works from multiple authors: 
M. Louis – Discourse prononce a L’ouverture de la seance publique de l’Academie Royale de Chirurgie. Pourfour de Petit – Nouveau systeme du cerveau. Valsalva – Observations. Morgagni – Commentaires sur les Observations de Valsalva. Morgagni – De la Cause de l’Hemiplegie. Santorini – Observations anatomiques. Winslow – Expositions Anatomiques. Molinelli – Experiences Anatomiques. Thon – Dissertation Inaugurale de Chirurgie Medicale. 
 
Small octavo in original full brown mottled leather. Raised bands and gold fleurons on spine. Headband of spine torn. Corners bumped. Front joint cracked but hinge intact. Rear joint/hinge strong. Marbled page edges and end papers. Red ribbon page marker. Libraire Alaine Brieux label on front paste down. Otherwise a clean and unmarked copy. Binding tight. Leaves bright. James Tait Goodrich’s typed description folded inside front cover.
 
Ffep, title (4) 270, rfep 
 
See, for example, G-M 392 for the work by Santorini collected in this volume, which was first published in 1724: “Giovanni Domenico Santorini (1681 - 1737) Observationes anatomicae. Santorini was one of the ablest dissectors of his day. In the above work many new discoveries of anatomical details are set forth, together with corrections of some of the errors of earlier anatomists. The work describes the four major discoveries for which Santorini is known eponymically: Santorini’s cartilage, Santorini’s vein, Santorini’s duct, and Santorini’s caruncula.”