PARÉ (Ambroise). Ten books of Surgery, with The Shop of the - Lot 148

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PARÉ (Ambroise). Ten books of Surgery, with The Shop of the - Lot 148
PARÉ (Ambroise). Ten books of Surgery, with The Shop of the Instruments necessary for it. Paris, from the printing house of Jean le Royer, 1564 (finished printing on February 3, 1563). In-8 (171 x 105 mm) de1bl.-[26]-232-[18]-1bl. folios, fawn calf, double cold-framed on the covers with a central fleuron and gilt fleurons at the corners, spine ribbed (contemporary binding). VERY RARE ORIGINAL EDITION OF THE FIRST LARGE SURGERY TREATY. The title is placed in a beautiful woodcut frame, decorated with the crowned figure of Charles IX and allegorical representations of piety and justice. On the back, the engraved portrait of Paré, which is missing in many copies, is signed with the monogram RB, René Boyvin. The dedication to the King shows the compassion of the great surgeon towards the wounded, he dedicates his treatise . To the young surgeons, who will be able to diligently provide for accidents and diversify the way of treating those who may be injured in your service: Please God that the number of them is rare". With this famous manual of surgery, illustrated with 158 remarkable figures (surgical instruments, devices to reduce fractures, and prostheses designed for the disabled and wounded), Ambroise Paré intends to make known all that he has learned from his war experiences, and gives the first description of the use of ligatures in amputations. He will forever be regarded as the father of modern surgery. The hinges are open, but strong, lack leather at the top and bottom of the back, and the corners are blunt. Apart from a small tear with no missing tear at the first leaf, the text has no noticeable defects. (In French in text no. 66, ed. 1572) (not in Mortimer, Adams) (Durling, 3525) (Doe, 13).
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