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Lot 254

[MEDICINE]. SUE, Jean?Joseph (1710?1792). Anthropotomie, ou...

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[MEDICINE]. SUE, Jean?Joseph (1710?1792). Anthropotomie, ou l?art d?injecter, de diss?quer, d?embaumer? Paris: P.G. Cavelier, 1765. 12mo (171 x 95 mm). Contemporary French mottled calf, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, leather lettering?piece gilt in second compartment, remainder gilt tooled, marbled edges (upper cover partially detached, bands protruding, front blank sprung). Provenance: Edgar Goldschmid (1881?1957), book label of a German physician, pathologist and historian of medicine. He was known for his extensive medical library. SECOND EDITION. A work on dissection and embalming originally published in 1750.