ASTRUC (Jean). De Morbis Venereis Libri novem ... Editio altera auctior et emendatior, in qua additae sunt duae Dissertationes novae. Paris, Cavelier, 1740. 2 vols. in-4, brown calf, spines decorated, red edges (Binding of the period). 2 ff, XXXVI pp, 536 pp (then numbered in roman DXXXII to DCVIII dissertation on venereal diseases in China and index) - 2ff, pp. 537 to 1196,1 f. privilege Third edition, greatly enlarged. This edition contains the replies of the Jesuit missionaries of Peking and Macao to whom Astruc had sent a detailed questionnaire on venereal diseases in Chinese medicine. This essay can be found at the end of Volume I, in Roman numerals. According to Louis Dulieu, Jean Astruc. Revue histoire des sciences 1973, tome 26 pp. 122-123, this edition is the first Western medical book to show Chinese characters. Heads and corners worn, hinges cracked.