Heister’s 18th-century surgical treatise

Description

Translated from Latin by Laurent HEISTER, Institutions de chirurgie presents a clear and systematic overview of surgical knowledge. Published in Avignon by J. J. Niel in 1770, this volume features full leather binding with worn spine, rounded corners, missing headcap, brick-red edges, measuring 21 x 13.5 cm. Contains 782 pages plus 4 leaves of tables and errata, and 13 folding plates. Some faint foxing on plates, rarely in text. Single volume of the third and final part.