RARE 1784 MEDICAL TREATISE BY BUCH'HOZ - REMEDIES FOR DESPERATE DISEASES
An important and uncommon 18th-century medical work by Pierre-Joseph Buc'hoz, physician to the French Royalty and the King of Poland, focusing on treatments for the most severe illnesses of the time.
Choix des meilleurs médicaments pour les maladies les plus désespérées
Pierre-Joseph Buc'hoz (Physician to "Monsieur", former physician to the Count of Artois, and to the late King of Poland).
Paris, Chez l'Auteur [Published by the Author], 1784.
Format: 17 x 10 cm (12mo
Pagination: VIII + 375 pages
Overall Condition: Good condition.Binding: Period full leather, spine with 5 raised bands and gilt fleurs-de-lis (fleurons). Some abrasions and scuffs on the boards, tail-cap damaged, corners worn, edges and head/tail caps bumped.Internal Condition: Clean, crisp and flexible paper. Rare occasional foxing. The text block from the title page to page VIII is slightly misaligned/shifted. A small perforation goes through the last 4 leaves (table of contents and rear endpaper). Ancient Ex-Libris on the half-title page.