Historia anatomico-medica, sistens numerosissima cadaverum humanorum extispicia . . . 2 vols.
Publisher Information: Paris: Vincent, 1767.
Lieutaud, Joseph. Historia anatomico-medica, sistens numerosissima cadaverum humanorum extispicia, quibus in apricum venit genuina morborum sedes; horumque reserantur causae, vel patent effectus. 2 vols., 4to. xlviii, 540, [4]; xvi, 606, [2]pp. Paris: Vincent, 1767. 252 x 194 mm. Mottled calf, gilt spines ca. 1767, small split in hinge of first volume, hinges tender. Light toning but very good. Manuscript list of authors (“Auctorum index”) in an early 19th-century hand on the recto and verso of Vol. I’s front flyleaf; further notes in Latin in the same hand on the verso of the front free endpaper, including the date and place of purchase (“Bibl. Sabatier Paris 7bre 1 1811”).
First Edition. A compilation of observations on pathological anatomy from various authors and medical publications, containing clinical and pathological descriptions of over 3000 cases divided into four sections: On internal abdominal lesions; on lesions of the chest; on brain lesions; and on external lesions. Historia anatomico-medica was largely compiled by Lieutaud, with further material added by Antoine Portal; both compilers added a goodly number of their own observations to the work.
The unidentified early 19th century owner of this copy added an extensive manuscript list of the authors cited in the Historica anatomico-medica—without, however, providing page numbers for the references. He noted caustically on the front free endpaper that it was almost completely taken from Théophile Bonet’s Sepulchretum (ex T. Bonetus fere tota serviliter) and that it was “poorly compiled, incomplete, undigested and lacking intelligence” (mala compilato, manca, indigesta, absque genio erudito). However, he did have a better opinion of Lieutaud and Portal’s contributions, stating that they contained “something good in the idea of pathological anatomy” (aliquid boni in idea ordinis anatomici pathologici) and indexing them beneath his note on the front free endpaper.
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