FABRE (François). Illustrated medical nemesis. Collection of satires. Paris, au bureau de la Némésis médicale, 1840. 2 volumes in one in-8, green morocco, multiple gilt fillets and romantic fleurons at the corners, smooth spine decorated throughout, interior lace, gilt edges on witnesses, covers and spine of both volumes (Champs). First illustrated edition of these satires in verse of medicine and the medical world, sought after for the 30 woodcut vignettes by Honoré Daumier with which it is decorated in the first printing. A very fine copy in a luxurious Romantic-inspired binding by Victor Champs. From the Maurice Méric library, with bookplate. First and last pages browned, sparse spotting. Carteret, III, 227 - Vicaire, III, 641.