Observations sur l'usage interne du colchique d'automne, du sublimé corrosif, de la feuille d'oranger, du vinaigre distillé, &c. Dans lesquels on trouve des moyens de guérir plusieurs maladies qui résistent aux remèdes usités. Par Mrs. Storck, Locher, de Haen, médecins de Vienne. Précédés d'un Mémoire pour servir à l'histoire de ces différens moyens de guérison. Par M. L. B. D. P. D. M. P. [= M. Le Bègue de Presle, docteur en médecine de Paris]

Very rare first French edition of this translation, illustrated with a folding plate.

Full mottled tan calf binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons and typographic motifs, red morocco title label, gilt rolls at the head and tail, gilt fillet along the edges, lightly rubbed corners, marbled edges, contemporary binding.

A pleasant copy.

The only French translation of the Libellus, quo demonstratur : Colchici autumnalis radicem non solum tuto posse exhiberi hominibus, sed et ejus usu interno curari quandoque morbos difficillimos, qui aliis remediis non cedunt (Vienna, Trattner, 1763), which was also issued in an English version.

An Austrian physician, Anton von Störck (1731–1803) is best known for his research into the therapeutic potential of plants regarded as poisonous.

His studies are considered pioneering in the field of experimental pharmacology, in which he developed a three-stage procedure for testing the effects and dosage of substances.

The second part bears its own title: Observations de Monsieur Locher sur les maladies vénériennes, l'épilepsie, la folie; & sur l'usage interne & externe de la ciguë.

It also includes observations by M. de Haen, and by Mrs. Razoux & Videmar.