Hippocrate; Georges Duhamel; Jean Chièze - Hippocrate...

A superb complete 5-volume set of the Complete Works of Hippocrates, published by the Union Littéraire et Artistique in 1955 under the direction of Maurice Robert, with an introduction by Georges Duhamel. Author: Hippocrates Illustrations: Jean Chièze (original wood engravings, tipped-in and in-text). Publisher: Union Littéraire et Artistique, Paris Printer: Maîtres imprimeurs Draeger Frères Date of publication: 1955 Print run: Copy no. 8363 printed on cream Stendhal vellum paper from Papeteries de Renage. Binding: full publisher's Havana brown leather, spine with raised bands ornamented with the caducée, boards decorated with a large cold-embossed motif inspired by antiquity. Presentation: 5 complete volumes in quarto (in-4°). Condition: Very good overall. Interiors very fresh without foxing, bindings solid.

Estimate:£47.3

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