Lot 08008

ASTRUC JOHANNIS (Astruc Jean, 1684-1766), Regi à Consilis Medicis, Archiatri AUGUSTI II. gloriosae memoriae, Poloniarum Regis &c.; Medici ordinarii Serenissimi Princips Ducis Arealianensis; et in Regio Franciae Collegio Professoris Medici, TRACTATUS THERAPEUTICUS. Editio Secunda. Genevae, Apud Fratres Cramer and Cl. Philibert, MDCCL (1750). In 12mo, p. 6,383,[1].

Jean Astruc was the first doctor of the Polish king Auguste II and professor at Montpellier and Paris, advisor to Luis XV and the first one to wrote the first great treatise on sexually transmitted infections.

Full calf contemporary binding, 5 nerves spine with golden fleurons and red morroco title label with gilt lettering; visible rubbing throughout, bumped corners. Marbled endpapers and edges, foxing and scattered spotting inside, tight binding; a few handwritten pen notes on first two pages, otherwise clean. Blake 22. Good copy.