Traite des maladies des enfans: ouvrage qui est le fruit d'une longue observation, & appuye sur les faits les plus authentiques: traduit du suedois; De feu . . . par M. Le Febvre de Villebrune, D.M.

Nils Rosen von Rosenstein; Jean-Baptiste Lefebvre de Villebrune

Chez Pierre-Guillaume Cavelier, 1778.

[First French edition of Rosen's foundational book on pediatrics] Bound in contemporary sheep. Handsome binding, with only minor wear.  xii, 582, [2] pages.  Gilt ruled spine compartments.  Woodcut head & tail pieces, errata, "d'approbation" & "privilege du Roi" [2 pages]. Translation of Rosen's "Underraettelse om barns-sjukdomer och deras botemedel," first published in Swedish in 1764.  The first English edition was printed in 1776, as "The Diseases of Children and their Remedies." Blake, page 387; Waller 8208; Wellcome IV, page 557.; Garrison & Morton 6323.