[Alsatica]. PIQUET (Brother Joseph). Catechism... - Lot 204 - Normandy Auction

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[Alsatica]. PIQUET (Brother Joseph). Catechism... - Lot 204 - Normandy Auction
[Alsatica]. PIQUET (Brother Joseph). Catechism of health, or a philosophico-medical, theoretical and practical treatise, composed and made available to everyone. In Thann, by the author; In Strasbourg, by F.G. Levrault, 1830. In-8, XII-759 p., portr. in contemporary olive green polished Russian leather, spine smooth and ornate, author and title gilt, boards decorated with central plate and framing of roulettes, all in cold, gilt fillets and corner fleurons, guilloche edges, inner roulette, gilt edges (spine faded, covers overflowing but does not seem to be a rebacking; scattered freckles). Uncommon first edition of this practical manual written by Dr. Piquet, born in Colmar in 1774, doctor at the Faculty of Strasbourg. Portrait of the author in lithography on the frontispiece. Signature of the author authenticating the edition on a front flyleaf. Beautiful copy in a neat romantic binding.
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