ACADÉMIE ROYALE DE CHIRURGIE, PARIS. Recueil des Piéces qui ont concourru pour le Prix de l'Académie Royale de Chirurgie.
Five vols. Large 4to, early 19th century calf, sides & spines nicely gilt, red & green morocco lettering pieces on spines. Paris: 1757-88. A very important collection. With Vol. IV the title becomes Mémoires sur les Sujets proposés pour le Prix de.... A mixed set from various editions. A very attractive collection in handsome state, from the library of François-Joseph Moreau (1789-1862), the well-known obstetrician-gynecologist and a highly regarded professor of these subjects (see Hirsch, IV, p. 260).
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