ANATOMY. MOREAU (François-Joseph). Traité pratique des accou - Lot 220

ANATOMY. MOREAU (François-Joseph). Traité pratique des accouchemens. Paris and London, Germer Baillière, 1837. 2 volumes in-8 and one volume in-folio. Modern half-brown basane, smooth spine decorated with gilt fleurons and mosaic tomaisons. Text: XI-564 pp.; [6], 500 pp. - Atlas: [2] f. (faux-titre, title), 60 plates. First edition of one of the finest obstetrical works of the 19th century. It consists of two volumes of text accompanied by an atlas containing 60 plates, some folded, executed from life by Emile Beau on the anatomical preparations of M. Jacquemier, and lithographed in black by Fourquemin. Each plate is accompanied by an explanatory text. François-Joseph Moreau (1789- 1862), physician to the royal children of France and eminent member of the Académie nationale de médecine, made his career in gynecology. Close to the Orléans family, he was the obstetrician to the future Queen of the French, Marie-Amélie de Bourbon-Siciles, wife of Louis-Philippe. Provenance: Bibliothèque du Docteur Auvard (stamp). Some foxing to the atlas, but a good copy.