Language: French
Published by Librairie Armand Colin, 1901
Seller: Librairie AU SUD DE NULLE PART, Le Landreau, France
Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. Librairie Armand Colin, 1901 - In-12 relié, demi basane noire, dos à 5 nerfs, pièce de titre bordeaux, titre doré, couv. conservée (un portrait de Patin a été collé sur le premier plat), portrait en frontispice, 384 pp., dos légèrement passé sinon bon état.
Published by Steenhouwer, Amsterdam, 1718
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
hardcover. Condition: very good(+). First Edition. Titles in red and black with engraved vignettes, woodcut head and tailpieces. 2 volumes. [2], 410; [6], 438 pages. Thick 12mo, original sprinkled calf (covers bowed and joints cracked; some ex-library stamps). Amsterdam: Steenhouwer & Uytwerf, 1718. Very good. "Gui Patin is unique in our annals . Scores of doctors have written letters; none save his remain as a permanent contribution to literature." Osler 5277. Voltaire praised Patin's letters "parce qu'il contient de nouvelles anecdotes que tout le monde aime, et des satires que l'on aime davantage." BIOGR. MED VI, 375.