Jean-Marie MAC-AULIFFE
Cilaos pittoresque et thermal. Guide médical des eaux thermales[Cilaos: Picturesque and Thermal. A Medical Guide to the Thermal Waters]
Imprimerie centrale Albert Dubourg|Saint-Denis, Réunion 1902|16.6 x 23.5 cm|Broché
First edition of this uncommon work, printed at Saint-Denis, Réunion, and illustrated by the local photographer E. Vidal, expanding upon a brief notice published as early as 1899 (cf. Ryckebusch II, 5358.)
Illustrated with a frontispiece map and 20 photographic plates hors-texte.
With a preface by M. Garsault.
Spine lacking, wrappers in poor condition, light waterstaining.
Scarce, offered in its present condition.
Born in Rennes, the military physician Jean-Marie Mac-Auliffe (1837-1908) was stationed in Réunion in 1864, and again from 1874 until his death, notably as physician to the thermal baths of Cilaos. In this remote locality he developed considerable a
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