LE CAT (Claude-Nicolas). TREATY ON SENSATIONS AND PASSIONS in general, and the senses in particular - THE THEORY OF THE OUIE. P., 1767-68. Three volumes in-8 marbled fawn basane, smooth spine partitioned and decorated in gold, ochre title page, marbled edges (Binding of the period). Worm damage on covers, 3 damaged headpieces, 5 corners dulled, light spotting without affecting the text in the lateral margin of the first 48 pp. of volume 3. ORIGINAL EDITION of the physiological works of the famous French naturalist and surgeon Claude-Nicolas LE CAT (1700-1768). 3 FRONTISPICES including one PORTRAIT, 32 H.-T. MAPS, many of them folding, copper-engraved headpieces by Hérisset.