Cloquet's thesis.
One of the earliest medical book with lithographed illustrations"
CLOQUET, Jules-Germain.
Recherches sur les causes et l’anatomie des hernies abdominales.
Paris, Méquignon-Marvis, 1819.
700 €
4to (25.2x19.6 cm), (2)-iv-176 pages and 10 plates. Complete.
binding: Modern quarter cloth (Laurenchet).
Foxing touching mainly the plates.
This work "covers he causes and anatomy of the abdominal hernia [...] based on Cloquet's experience with over 500 hernia cases" (Heirs of Hippocrates).
"The lithographed plates [...] were drawn on stone by Cloquet himself, and are among the earliest lithographed medical illustrations" (Garrison&Morton).
Rare first edition.
references: Heirs of Hippocrates [1469], Garrison&Morton [3585], Wellcome [II, p.360].
