ASTRUC (Jean). De Morbis Venereis Libri novem. Paris, Caveli - Lot 28

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ASTRUC (Jean). De Morbis Venereis Libri novem. Paris, Caveli - Lot 28
ASTRUC (Jean). De Morbis Venereis Libri novem. Paris, Cavelier, 1740. 2 volumes in-4, third edition greatly enlarged, including replies from Jesuit missionaries in Peking and Macao on venereal diseases in Chinese medicine. Bound in full contemporary marbled basane, 5-ribbed spine. After Louis Dulieu, Jean Astruc. Revue histoire des sciences 1973, tome 26 pp. 122-123, this edition is the first Western medical book to feature Chinese characters. (binding rubbed, spotting, missing covers, a few stains).
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