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‎Hygieine sive Ars Sanitatem Conservandi poema ... ‎

‎A Paris, Chez Cavelier , 1771. [iv, blank],191, [i], [iv, blank]. pp. 8vo (in-8, 13 x 20 cm.). Contemporary marbled calf, spine with 5 raised bands, in compartments richly gilt tooled with floral decoration, gilt lettered, edges red.-- [ Reliure plein veau d'poque, tranches rouges, dos nerfs orn de fleurons dors, reliure et intrieur l'tat neuf]. Some woodcut vignettes.‎

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‎ First edition in a splendid fine copy, with the printed dedication to Lorry, the father of the 8th. century French dermatology. Geoffroy, naturalist and phycian wrote several important works. His 'Histoire abrge des insectes..." (1764 & 1799) is a classic. The present work 'Hygieine' is a higlty esteemed piece of neo-latin of poetry., (translaled in 1774 by Delaunay). ‎