[Medicine] 2 titles: (1) Traité de la lithotomie

ou De l'extraction de la pierre hors de la vessie, avec les figures. Par François Tolet de Paris, Chirurgien & Operateur du Roy pour la pierre. Cinquiesme edition. Revûë, corrigée & augmentée par l'auteur. Paris, F.H. Muguet, 1708, (20),351,(1) p., with 18 engraved plates (incl. 1 plate printed on both sides) by Lalouette and others and 1 engraved text illustration, contemporary sheepskin, gilt and ribbed back with morocco letterpiece.

Lacks the portrait; reverse of the title with superfically scratched-off bookplate, the title with contemporary owner's name "E. Nomar Doct. med.". Leaf D damaged to blank lower corner. Binding sl. worn. Early treatise on the removal of bladder stones, with illustrations that leave little to the imagination; (2) L'Art des accouchemens, démontré par des principes de physique et de méchanique; pour servir d'introduction & de base à des leçons particulieres. Par. M. André Levret (...) Troisième édition (...). Paris, P. Th. Barrois le Jeune [letterpress strip pasted over the address of Didot le Jeune], 1766, (4),XVI,480,(4) p., with 5 (large) folding, engraved plates, contemporary marbled sheepskin, ribbed and gilt back with morocco letterpiece. Lacks the portrait; library stamp to verso title page. Spine ends, joints and outer corners worn. Standard work in the fields of gynaecology and obstetrics. (total 2)