Presumably earlier than the "Nouvelle édition" also dated 1743 but with imprint "Du fonds de la Veuve d'Houry ... ". In the present edition, pages 9/10-23/24 and 577/578-671/672 have two numbers per page
In one state p. 688 ends with the note "On trouvera le privilége de ce livre au Traité de la maladie de l'oeil par Maitre-Jan"; in another state the privilege is printed in full and extends to p. [689]
Ff. B4, V1 and Aa12 are cancels.
Copy 1 Note: State without privilege. Binding: contemp. mottled calf, gilt spine. Half-title inscribed "Menard medecin"
Copy 2 Note: State with privilege. Sig. V1 uncancelled. Binding: contemp. mottled calf, spine gilt, with similar tools used as for the Wellcome copy of the other edition dated 1743 (20327/B). With C18th? MS. attestation by "Nous Charles Prevot, et Etienne Legrand tous deux M[aîtres] Chirurgiens demeurant a Joinville ... " concerning an eye treatment in Nathons; and the beginning of a similar attestation "Nous Pierre Myon, et Etienne Legrand ... ", tipped in. Ownership inscriptions "Nolliere chirurgien 1782"; "Legrand Chirurgien"; "Bibliothecae Ledeschault". Pages vi-vii misbound after p. viii. #23725
