[Rarebooks] For Sale: Rayer's great Atlas of Renal Diseases, 1837

[Norman Kane]

RAYER, PIERRE-FRANCOIS-OLIVE.   TRAITE DES MALADIES DES REINS, 
ETUDIEES EN ELLES-MEMES ET DANS LEURS RAPPORTS AVEC LES MALADIES DES 
URETERES DE LA VESSIE, DE LA PROSTATE, DE L'URETRE, ETC.  Paris & 
London: J. B. Bailliere; Imprime chez Paul Renouard, 1837.  First 
edition of the atlas volume (only); the 3 text volumes not present.
Atlas folio, approx. 23 X 16 1/2 inches, old half leather with marbled boards,
scuffed.  86 text pages plus 54 (of 60) color plates on heavy 
paper.  A few leaves with old marginal paper repairs, including title 
leaf, some text pages with foxing and corner soiling, one plate with 
foxing, &c.  (A work many decades ahead of its time, the Atlas being 
especially notable for its careful illustrations based on 
abnormalities derived from autopsies done by the author.  Most plates 
contain at least several illustrations.  The "Atlas won him 
widespread praise and is still often cited" - Gottschalk, ed., "From 
Bright's Disease to Modern Nephrology: Pierre Rayer's innotative 
method of clinical investigation."   The missing plates are #s 3 & 
26-30.)   SCARCE.    $750.00
(Trade Discount Available)


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