Medical. 1827 Pathological Anatomy. Bichat Anatomist And Pathologist, Father Of Modern Histology

( With prospectus for early American magazine.).
BECLARD, P[ierre-]A[ugustin]. Pathological Anatomy. The Last Course of Xavier Bichat, From an Autograph Manuscript. With an Account of the Life and Labours of Bichat, by F. G. Boisseau. Philadelphia: John Grigg, 1827. First Edition. Octavo. Translated from the French by Joseph Togno.
Pagination: [11-232, including title page and index.

Contemporary full mottled calf with gilt lined flat spine, but lacking label; ink stain to first few pages, with loss from resultant desiccation; moderate foxing; worm damage to upper edge, extending or last half of book; advertisement or prospectus for "The Museum" on front pastedown (unclear is this is a small broadside or not); prior owner's bookplate on front free endpaper;
penciled name of prior owner on initial blank and title page.
AS IS.
Marie-Francois-Xavier Bichat (1771-1802) "changed the course of pathologic anatomy by transferring interest from organs to tissues and by establishing histology as the basis for investigating structure and function.” Wikipedia