FOUNDING MODERN PAEDIATRICS

ROSEN de ROSENSTEIN, NILS.

Traité des maladies des enfans, Ouvrage qui est le fruit d'une longue observation, & appuyé sur les faits les plus authentique. Traduit de Suédois, par M. Le Febre de Villebrune.

Paris, 1778. 8vo. Contemporary full mottled calf with five raised bads to gilt spine. Old paper label to top of spine. Overall wear to extremities, especially top capital. Light brownspotting. XII, 582, (2) pp.

Scarce first French edition of Rosenstein's pioneering work on paediatrics, the founding work on modern paediatrics and "the most progressive which had yet been written". "[I]t gave an impetus to research which influenced the future course of paediatrics... The "Underrättelser" (the original Swedish title) were originally published in the calendars of the Academy and were later collected and issued in book form in 1764." (G&M)

Garrison & Morton: 6323.

Order-nr.: 52470