Paris, Baillière, 1829-1842.
Reference : 14258
Première et seule édition illustrée. Complet des 233 planches lithographiées, la plupart en couleurs. Garrison & Morton 2286: " The fine hand-coloured lithographs of gross pathology make this one of the greatest works of its kind. Cruveilhier, first Professor of Pathological Anatomy in Paris, gave the first description of multiple sclerosis and an early description of "Cruveilhier's palsy'". Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis and ulceration of the stomach due to hyperacidity were also for the first time described in the above work; to each the name "Cruveilhier's disease" has been attached." Norman 539 : "Spillane has called Cruveilhier's atlas a "treasure chest of neurology", noting its original illustrations of multiple sclerosis, auditory neuronima, intercranial epidermoid, intercranial and spinal meningiomas." Des feuillets et des planches uniformément et légèrement brunis comme dans tous les exemplaires. Des restaurations aux dos des reliures qui sont élégamment dorés. Bel exemplaire. /// 2 volumes in-folio de (6), VII, 498 pp., 118 pl. / (4), 547 pp., 113 pl. Demi-basane brune, dos orné. (Reliure de l'époque.) //// First edition, the only one illustrated. With 233 plates, most of them hand-coloured. /// PLUS DE PHOTOS SUR WWW.LATUDE.NET
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