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..... More