Two Volumes by French Army Physicians: René Nicolas Dufriche DESGENETTES, le Baron (1792), and a 'French Army Surgeon' (1896)
1) DESGENETTES, René Nicolas Dufriche, le Baron (1762-1837) 'Analyse du system absorbant ou lymphatique' (Analysis of the absorbent or lymphatic system). In French. Pub. À Paris de l'imprimerir de Didot Je, 1792. Collation Brief: Title, pp [3]-50.
Baron Desgenettes was physician-in-chief to the French Army under Napoleon. He wrote on military medicine. This work on the lymphatics is a reprint of an article in the Journal de Médecine 1792 vol. xc.
Rebound in quarter red morocco, some foxing with tanning, soiling to first pages, stamp of the 'Royal College of Surgeons England' on title page and duplicate note verso. Owner: Duplicate from the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons. Bookplate: Ex Libris Anatomica K.F. Russell (167x100mm)
2) FRENCH ARMY SURGEON 'Untrodden Fields of Anthropology: observations on the esoteric manners and customs of semi-civilised people; being a record of thirty years' experience in Asia, Africa and America'. Volume 1 in English. Pub. PARIS: Librarie des Bibliophiles, 13 Faubourg, Montmartre 1896. Volume 1; 'This work, for the first time here in English, has been printed in a Limited Edition of Five Hundred Copies for Subscribers only, and the type dispersed. All copies are numbered. No. 23.' Collation: 8°p6 1-158 ($1 signed) 126 leaves; pp. [5] vi-xii 2-240.
Unknown author, possibly by Dr Jacobus X.
Medium brown full morocco, with gold embossed floral border and title to spine, marbled endpapers and dentelles, deckled pages, some foxing and tanning, small hole p Xii, some pages trimmed. Bound by A. Smith, 20 Belitha Villas, Barnsbury, N. [label at back]. Bookplate: Ex Libris K.F. Russell (235x147mm)




PROVENANCE:
Collection Late Kenneth F. Russell (1911-1987), Professor of Anatomy and Medical History, University of Melbourne.

Estimate $100-150