HELVETIUS. PRINCIPIA PHYSICO-MEDICA in Tironum medicinae gratuiam. Paris, Viduam Pierres, 1752. 2 volumes in-8 of [4]-400-[7]-1 and [4]-301-[7] pages, marbled calf, spine ribbed and decorated, red pages (contemporary binding). FIRST EDITION. In this book, intended for young doctors, the author brings together all the principles of physics they need; he accepts corpuscular philosophy throughout and rejects Newtonian attraction. A good copy, complete with the engraved plate in volume II. Armorial bookplate of Count Charles Corbeau de Saint-Albin with the motto Nil nisi virtute.