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Alibert on Skin Diseases with colored plates 1833

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Title: Clinique de l'Hôpital Saint-Louis, ou Traité complet des maladies de la peau, contenant la description de ces maladies et leurs meilleurs modes de traitement
Author: Alibert, Jean-Louis-Marie
Description: xxiv, 390 pp. With 63 hand-colored engraved plates, most in stipple. (large folio) 21x13½, later half morocco & mottled boards, spine riled & lettered in gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers. Fourth Edition.Expanded edition of Alibert's 1806 dermatological work Description des maladies de la peau observées à l'Hôpital Saint-Louis. Alibert studied for the priesthood with intentions of becoming a teacher. However, this career was ended by the Revolution when all religious orders were disbanded. Alibert turned to the study of medicine and completed his degree with a highly acclaimed thesis on pernicious intermittent fevers. Soon after graduation he was appointed to the staff of the Hôpital St. Louis where his brilliant work brought the hospital to preeminence in the treatment of skin diseases and earned him an historic role as the founder of French dermatology. The present work is noteworthy for the realistic plates. Cited references for the first edition: Cushing A133; Garrison-Morton 3986; Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1219; Waller 356; Wellcome II, p. 31.
Heading: Place Published: Paris
Publisher: Cormon et Blanc
Date Published: 1833