Marius, J. and Francus, J. Traité du castor, dans lequel...
Marius, J. and Francus, J. Traité du castor, dans lequel on explique la nature, les propriétés & l'usage Médico-Chymique du Castoreum dans la Médecine. French transl. M. Eidous. Paris, Durand, 1746, (2),LX,280,(4),IVp., 3 (fold.) engr. plates, contemp. hcalf w. mor. and vellum letterpiece. - BOUND AFTER: Buffon, G.L.L. de. Discours sur la nature des animaux. Geneva, H.-A. Gosse & Comp., 1754, 188p. - AND AFTER: (Panckoucke, C.-J.). De l'homme, et de la réproduction des différens individus. Paris, n.publ., 1761, VIII,214p.
- Occas. sl. foxed/ spotted. Binding sl. worn; spine-ends dam.; joints splitting.
= Ad 1: Wellcome IV, p.56. First French transl. of the orig. Latin ed. (Augsb., 1685). Rare publication on the beaver's exudate 'castoreum', which was used since antiquity as a remedy i.a. for cramps, insomnia and anxiety.
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Marius, J. and Francus, J. Traité du castor, dans lequel on explique la nature, les propriétés & l'usage Médico-Chymique du Castoreum dans la Médecine. French transl. M. Eidous. Paris, Durand, 1746, (2),LX,280,(4),IVp., 3 (fold.) engr. plates, contemp. hcalf w. mor. and vellum letterpiece. - BOUND AFTER: Buffon, G.L.L. de. Discours sur la nature des animaux. Geneva, H.-A. Gosse & Comp., 1754, 188p. - AND AFTER: (Panckoucke, C.-J.). De l'homme, et de la réproduction des différens individus. Paris, n.publ., 1761, VIII,214p.
- Occas. sl. foxed/ spotted. Binding sl. worn; spine-ends dam.; joints splitting.
= Ad 1: Wellcome IV, p.56. First French transl. of the orig. Latin ed. (Augsb., 1685). Rare publication on the beaver's exudate 'castoreum', which was used since antiquity as a remedy i.a. for cramps, insomnia and anxiety.
