Item #263406 Oeuvres Physiologiques. 2 (of 3 volumes).; I. Traite des sensations et des passions en General, et des Sens en Particulier . III. La Theorie de l'Ouie: Supplement a Cet Article du Traite des Sens. LE CAT, Claude Nicolas.
Oeuvres Physiologiques. 2 (of 3 volumes).; I. Traite des sensations et des passions en General, et des Sens en Particulier . III. La Theorie de l'Ouie: Supplement a Cet Article du Traite des Sens.
Oeuvres Physiologiques. 2 (of 3 volumes).; I. Traite des sensations et des passions en General, et des Sens en Particulier . III. La Theorie de l'Ouie: Supplement a Cet Article du Traite des Sens.
Oeuvres Physiologiques. 2 (of 3 volumes).; I. Traite des sensations et des passions en General, et des Sens en Particulier . III. La Theorie de l'Ouie: Supplement a Cet Article du Traite des Sens.

Oeuvres Physiologiques. 2 (of 3 volumes).; I. Traite des sensations et des passions en General, et des Sens en Particulier . III. La Theorie de l'Ouie: Supplement a Cet Article du Traite des Sens.

Paris: Vallat-La-Chapelle, 1767.

2 (of 3 volumes). LACKING the second volume. xcv, [1], 264; xxxii, 320, [4] pages. 8vo, contemporary calf with ornate gilt-stamped spine; marbled endpapers and page edges. Illustrated throughout with finely executed engravings. Volume I has an allegorical frontispiece facing a portrait of Le Cat; 2 other plates and 4 fine chapter heading vignettes. Volume III has an allegorical frontispiece, and 13 fine folding plates at rear. Paris: Vallat-La-Chapelle, 1767/1768. First editions. A near fine copy, bright and clean, sadly lacking the second volume. Quite scarce with OCLC lists no complete sets.

In 1736 Le Cat established a school for anatomy and surgery in Rouen. He was and early advocate of the union of medicine and surgery and adopted and anatomico-clinical method whereby his students participated in his researches, including animal vivisections. In 1737 he was appointed royal demonstrator in surgery, and gave courses in experimental physics as well as therapeutics, anatomy, and physiology. -- Encyclopedia.com

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good(+)
Edition: First
Language: French

Price: $1,100.00

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