Lecluse, Nouveaux elemens d'odontologie, Paris, 1754, brown morocco with arms of Madame de Pompadour

Books from the Library of the Earls of Haddington, lots 105-131

LÉCLUSE, HENRY DE

Nouveaux elemens d'odontologie. Paris: Delaguette, 1754

2 parts in one volume, 12mo (162 x 90mm.), 6 engraved plates, contemporary brown morocco gilt with arms of Madame de Pompadour [Olivier 2399, but with no exact match], spine gilt in compartments, gilt edges, binding slightly stained

Henry de Lécluse was both an actor and dentist to the king of Poland; this is one of several works he wrote on dentistry.

PROVENANCE:

Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, marquise de Pompadour (1721-1764), arms on binding