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(MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY)
M
.
A
.
HARDY
&
M
.
A
.
DE MONTMÉJA
Clinique Photographique de l’Hôpital Saint-Louis.
With 49 mounted photographs depicting patients afflicted with syphilis, eczema, and many other
skin diseases, each depicted in graphic detail, including approximately 35 of which are hand-colored;
also with 5 microscopic studies. Albumen prints, 4x3
1
/
2
inches (11.4x8.8 cm.), each with de
Montméja’s credit and a caption printed on mount recto. Large 4to, rebound with green gilt-lettered
leather-backed boards; scattered foxing.
Paris: Librairie Chamerot et Lauwereyns, 1868
[6,000/9,000]
A scarce medical title, and one of the earliest volumes to highlight original photographs.