Introduction à l'étude de la médecine expérimentale.
BERNARD, CLAUDE.
Paris: J.-B. Baillière, 1865. First edition 1st Edition, first issue. 8vo (22 x 13.8 cm), Publisher's printed gray wrappers. Housed in leather backed clamshell box. Collation: [5] & 400, [8] [4] [8] p. The last [20] pages are advertisements for publications by Baillière date February 1865, October 1864, and April 1862, respectively. The advertisements cover publications on surgery, clinical disesase, pathological anatomy and neurology. This is an uncut, partially unopened copy with very minor wear to wrappers, which are protected by glassine cover. The internal condition is excellent. Very Good + Original Wraps in leather backed clamshell box (Item ID: 0000153)
$3,800.00
This is a true first printing with Crété's imprint on the verso of the half title and on page 400, and by Baillière's five-city imprint on the title page. Later printings bear Martinet's imprint and is accompanied by Baillière's three-city imprint on the title page. This is an exceptional copy of this seminal work on the use of the experimental method to study life processes and functions. (Garrison & Morrison 1766.501; Grmek p. 316 # 29; Grolier 11b; Heirs of Hippocrates, 1797; Norman 2069; Oslter 1511; Printing and the Mind of Man 353; Waller, 951)