ASTRUC (Jean). De Morbis Venereis Libri sex, in quibus disseritur tum de origine, propagatione et contagione horumce affectuum in genere... Paris, Guillaume Cavelier, 1736. In-4, brown marbled basane, spines decorated, red edges (Binding of the period). 2 f. XXIV pp. 600 pp. First edition of the great treatise on venereal diseases, the most complete at the time, by the famous physician Jean Astruc (Sauves 1684 - Paris 1766), physician to Louis XV. This treatise, translated into several languages, earned him a European reputation. Large illustrated bookplate of Doctor Flandrin dated 1902. Damage to the upper cover. Garrison-M. 5195 - Blake 22.