The most famous and at its time very popular work by Simon-André Tissot, a Swiss, doctor and professor of medicine. Avis au peuple sur sa santé (1761), probably the greatest medical best-seller of the eighteenth century, was reprinted 10 times in less than 6 years.
Avis au peuple sur sa santé, par Mr. Tissot
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Avis au peuple sur sa santé, par Mr. Tissot, Doct. et prof. en Médecine, De la Soc. Roy. de Londres, de l'Ac. Medico Phys.de Basle, de la Soc. Oecon.de Berne
Troisieme édition originale
Author: Samuel-Auguste Tissot
Publisher: P. Franç. Didot le Jeune
Paris
1767
Language: French
Binding: Leather
Pages: [20], 694, [3]
Size: Duodecimo, 17 x 10 x 4 cm
Description copy
Signed by publisher Pierre-François Didot, 2 volumes in 1 binding, in continuous pagination, full calfskin binding, adorned spine with five raised bands, red edges, without headcap or tailcap, slightly worn edges.