Search Results: orthopaedics from Sylco bvba livres anciens - antiquarian books

19.5 x 29.3 cm. Partly coloured. An excellent drawing (from anatomical point of view), showing the Tibia and toes in a kind of metal splint. -- (Waterstained and slightly browned).

Paris,: C. Naud,, 1903.. [iv], 3209, [iii] pp. Royal 8vo (15.5 x 23.5 cm.). Original printed wrappers, uncut. Richly illustrated with 262 line drawings and photographs of which 209 on 50 plates. ¶ Good copy of the best French work on the subject those days. Detailed description and photographs. The work is concluded with a bibliography and an extensive index on subjects and illustrations.

Te Utrecht,: C. van der Post,, 1863.. 40 pp. 8vo. Original printed wrappers (dammaged & stained), uncut. With 65 wood engravings in the text. ¶ A rare monograph on the foot, its covering, and shoe-induced deformities. With a historical introduction. Nicely illustrated with shoes from all ages. -- (Edges slightly frayed).

Paris,: F. Buisson,, An XIII - 1804.. [iv], 336, [iv] pp.8vo (13,5 x 20,2 cm.). Contemporary half basane, spine gilt lettered on red morocco label, richly gilt decorated in the typical style (Empire) from the period; marbled boards (slightly discoloured). With 8 very fine engraved copperplates by Adam after Scarpa's drawings. ¶ First edition of this collection. The second work is the first French edition of Scarpa's "Memoria chirurgica sui piedi torti" (1803), being the "First accurate description of the pathological anatomy of congeniital club-foot"(G&M, 4308). Heirs of Hippocrates, 1108: "Edited by Léveillé, this volume contains two of Scarpa's important works translated into French for the first time... In addition Léveillé had included two of his own works on dislocation of the femur and necroses". -- (First few leaves with a small clear stain in the lower margin; some scattered foxing, but a very good copy).