FAUCHARD, Pierre. Le Chirurgien Dentiste, ou Traité des Dents. Pub. A PARIS: chez Pierre-Jean Mariette, ruë S Jacques aux Colonnes d'Hercule et chez l'Auteur, ruë des grands Cordeliers. MDCCXLVI [1746]. NOTE: This a facsimile published by Julien Prélat, Paris 1961. Two volumes of 494pp. & 424pp. + 41 plates to Vol.2. Fauchard was the most celebrated of the French dentists in the 18th century. His book gives the best account of contemporary practice. First published in 1728. 'Pierre Fauchard has been called the 'Father of Dentistry'; his comprehensive and scientific account of all that concerned dentistry in the 18th century is one of the greatest books in the history of the subject. (162x93mm)