Books by Petit, Jean Louis

Paris: L. d'Houry, 1705 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. L'art de guerir les maladies des os... Paris: L. d'Houry, 1705. 12mo. (154 x 90 mm), [20], 304 pp., a few woodcut illustrations to text, little occasional spotting and faint library stamp to title, old ownership signature of Roger Birdwood (slightly trimmed) to front free endpaper with BMI presentation bookplate from Dr. Blackall pasted beneath. 19th century cloth (somewhat rubbed and soiled), spine gilt. ---- Garrison-Morton 4300; Peltier 32; Blake 346. Cp. Conlon 58:994. - The very rare first edition. A classic work on healing bone diseases by the master French surgeon of his period. "Petit was the first director of the Academie de Chirurgie, Paris. he is particularly remembered for his work on bone diseases. He invented the screw tourniquet, gave the first account of osteomalacia, and was the first to open the mastoid process" (G-M 4300)..