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1st moden text on Dermatology by Lorry 1777

Title: Tractatus de Morbis Cutaneis
Author: [Lorry, Anne Charles de]
Description: [2], xvi, 704, [4] pp. (4to) 9¾x7¼, period marbled calf gilt, red morocco lettering pieces. First Edition.The first modern text on dermatology, and the last major work on the subject ot the published in Latin. Lorry "attempted the classification of diseases on the basis of essential relations, their physiological, pathological, and etiological similarities" - Garrison-Morton 398; Norman 1392. On the lower spine label is stamped in gilt, "Hospices Civils de Paris Annee 1817 prix / M. Mitivie." Bookplate of Haskell F. Norman.
Heading: Place Published: Paris
Publisher: P. Guillaume Cavalier
Date Published: 1777