MEDICINE] - Lot 100

MEDICINE] BUCHAN (Guillaume)] Médecine domestique ou traité complet des moyens de guérir et se conserver en santé ; de guérir et de prévenir les maladies par le régime et les remèdes simples. Ouvrage utile aux personnes de tout état, et mis à la portée de tout le monde, Genève, Pellet, 1781. 7 volumes in-12 in full calf, spine ribbed with gilded decorations and title page with I: XCIJ, 467 pages, (2); II: LX, 468 pages; III: III: 576 pages; IV: 502 pages; V: 596 pages; VI: 336 pages; VII 408 pages. New edition after the second which has recently appeared in Paris. Revised, corrected, and considerably enlarged on the sixth London edition. Translated from the English by Duplanil. Writing in pen opposite the title page: "One of the best editions of the least bad book of this kind, very useful in any house". Binding in poor condition: numerous chips and tears. Corners dulled.