[Air desinfection] L.-B. Guyton-Morveau. Traité des moyens des désinfecter l'air,

de prévenir la contagion, et d'en arrêter les progrès. Paris, Bernard, 1801, XXXII,306 pp., contemp. half calf, gilt spine w. mor. letterpiece.

Spine a bit rubbed/ dry; leather on/ near lower joint splitting/ restored; outer corners bumped. A good copy. Rare first edition of a highly influential classic in the field of medical hygiene, effectively introducing the use of gaseous chlorine to disinfect hospitals, churches etc.