Recherches et observations sur toutes les parties de l'art du dentiste[Research and Observations on All Branches of the Dentist’s Art]
First edition of this important treatise, illustrated with 13 folding plates and inspired by the example of Fauchard, as the author himself acknowledges in his preface: "M. Fauchard (…) a été mon guide, & quand j’ai pu marcher sans guide, j’ai appris à respecter mes maîtres, à les abandonner quelquefois, & à ne diminuer jamais en rien l’estime qui leur est due."
See Garrison & Morton 3673.1. David, p. 39. Poletti, p. 16. Crowley, 783.
Contemporary full mottled calf, spine with five raised bands ruled in gilt and decorated with gilt floral tools within gilt panels, morocco lettering-pieces in bronze calf, volume pieces partly faded, gilt rolls to the headcaps, single-fillet blind-rule framing the covers, corners a little rubbed, gilt fillets to the board edges, marbled edges.
Scattered light foxing, not serious.
Provenance: copy of J. Pilane, doctor of medicine in Dijon, with contemporary manuscript ownership inscriptions on the half-title pages.