SMITH (John). Traité des vertus médicinales de l'eau commune - Lot 27

SMITH (John). Traité des vertus médicinales de l'eau commune où l'on fait voir qu'elle prévient guérit une infinité de maladies. Paris, Guillaume Cavelier fils, 1725. In-12, brown calf, ornate spine, fawn title page, speckled red edges (period binding). xciii pp., (1) f., 335 pp., (4) ff. Original French edition. This translation by Noguez (Parisian physician, who signed the dedicatory epistle to the Duc de La Force), is followed by Hancock's treatise on water (translated by Nicéron), and theses by Philippe Hecquet (1661-1737, Port-Royal physician) and Étienne-François Geoffroy (1672-1733, apothecary physician). Handwritten bookplate on title: Ht Gaillard 1730. Some foxing. Rubbing, top cover partly torn off.