signed first edition
1730 · Paris :
by LE DRAN, Henri François (1685-1770).
Paris :: Charles Osmont, 1730., 1730. Small 8vo. [2], vii, [3], 195, [5] pp. Title-vignette, woodcut head & tail pieces, 5 engraved folding plates (facing pp.: 5, 34, 49, 50, 106 [plates 3 & 4 are bound slightly out of order]), with the first two plates signed in the margin by the engraver Devaulx. Bound in the original full dark French calf, raised bands, gilt-stamped spine compartments, title label present, marbled endsheets; spine ends and joints reinforced with kozo. Very good. First edition. This is the first edition of Le Dran's work which is famous for his technique of utilizing instruments for lithotomies, wherein urinary stones were (truncated)