François-Joseph-Victor BROUSSAIS

First edition with its board engraved by Tradieu representing a phrenological fugure.
Binding in caramel half calf, smooth back decorated with gold friezes as well as cold stamped typographic motifs, a major lack in foot of the back, title label of black shagreen, bit threatening to detach, framing of a golden net on the marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, fragile Contemporary binding.
Ex-libris in the pen of François-Antoine de Boissy of Anglas next to the page of fake title.
Foxing.
Rare and precious autograph signed by François Joseph Victor Broussais to François-Antoine de Boissy of Anglas on the title page.

Fourth edition with some parts in first edition as 'revised and expanded with notes'.
Work decorated with a portrait of the author as frontispiece to the first volume.
Minor lacks to foot of spines, small tears without loss to head of some joints, gift inscriptions in pen to front covers and half-title page of first volume, cold stamps from bookshop to half-title pages, very minor marginal lacks to covers, scattered light foxing.