Nouvelles Lettres de Feu Mr. Gui Patin, Tirees du Cabinet de Mr. Charles Spon, Contenant l'Histoire du tems, & des particularitez sur la Vie & sur les Ecrits des Savans de son Siecles.
Amsterdam: Steenhouwer, 1718.
Titles in red and black with engraved vignettes, woodcut head and tailpieces. 2 volumes. [2], 410; [6], 438 pages. Thick 12mo, original sprinkled calf (covers bowed and joints cracked; some ex-library stamps). Amsterdam: Steenhouwer & Uytwerf, 1718. Very good.
"Gui Patin is unique in our annals ... Scores of doctors have written letters; none save his remain as a permanent contribution to literature." Osler 5277. Voltaire praised Patin's letters "parce qu'il contient de nouvelles anecdotes que tout le monde aime, et des satires que l'on aime davantage." BIOGR. MED VI, 375.
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good(+)
Edition: First Edition
Language: French
Price: $250.00
Item #30530