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ALGERIA. BERTHERAND (E.-L.). MEDICINE AND HYGIENE...

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[ALGERIA]. BERTHERAND (E.-L.). MEDICINE AND HYGIENE OF THE ARABS. Paris, London and Madrid, Baillière, 1855. In-8 red chagrin, framed in gilt and cold-stamped fillets with gilt arms in the center, spine gilt, gilt title, gilt edges (Binding of the period). Some foxing and light spotting in the lateral margins of the first few pages, a few tears in the binding. SECOND EDITION of this rare work, dedicated to General Daumas. Copy in a decorated binding with the ROYAL ARMS OF THE HUSSEINITE DYNASTY (Tunisia, 1705-1957). ¶ Playfair, 1806, who also mentions an 1854 edition published in Lille - Missing in Tailliart.