Seven eighteenth century French language medical works: (1) (Col de Villart, E.). Recueil

alphabetique de prognostics dangereux & mortels sur les différentes maladies de l'homme (...). Par M**. Paris, J.-Th. Herissant, 1746, (2),270 p., cont. speckled calf, gilt and ribbed spine, 12mo. Partly waterst. in lower half, offsetting from turn-ins. Binding a bit worn at extremities. With owner's stamp of Armand de Terwangne and old entry 'Pervand' in pen on first blank, bookseller's ticket of L. Bodin (Paris, 'ouvrages sur les sciences occultes') on upper pastedown. Early edition (first: 1736) of this curious work on signs that indicate an impending death. (2) (S.A.A.D.) Tissot. De la santé des gens de lettres. 'A Lausanne, et se vend à Leipsick chez J.F. Bassompierre, fils (...) Liege', 1769, XII,189 p., cont. wr., sm. 8vo. Dog-eared/ w. some folds. Paper over spine dam. Untrimmed copy. Counterfeit Liège edition, of the 1st ed., Lausanne, 1768. Guide on the diet of scholars and others who dedicate too much time on study. Droixhe, Une histoire des Lumières au pays de Liège (2007), p. 93. -and 5 similar others, incl. Bayle en petit ou anatomie de ses ouvrages (n.pl., n. publ., 1737) and (F.) Quesnay, Traité de la suppuration, 1749.

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