VOYSIN (Benoît). THE FAMILIAR AND SINCERE DOCTOR. - Lot 228

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VOYSIN (Benoît). THE FAMILIAR AND SINCERE DOCTOR. - Lot 228
VOYSIN (Benoît). THE FAMILIAR AND SINCERE DOCTOR. Turin and sold in Geneva by H.A. Gosse, 1747. In-8 of [8]-152 pages, contemporary binding, preserved in a compartmented slipcase in a beige box. (Jacky Vignon, 2002). Very rare second edition with a nice portrait engraved by Gardelle in frontispiece. The author was professor of surgery in Annecy, physician and surgeonMajor of the bodyguards of His Majesty the King of Sardinia. A faded and faded copy, with some stains and rings. The first 25 leaves are heavily corroded with small tears. Attached to this copy is a PITTORESQUE MANUSCRITICAL CONTRACT OF ASSOCIATION of November 7, 1748 of 4 leaves between Voysin and Pierre Fontrouge le Fils, director of the post office of Aurillac for : The sale of a book "the familiar and sincere doctor" (there are already 5000 and more in the post offices of France, the portrait of Voysin appearing on the books). Remedies of which the depurative of blood, the vegetable panacea, the elixir of universal life Le génépy. Contract established in the form of a power of attorney in favor of the lawyer Codet of Paris. Signatures and stamp.
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