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LAENNEC, René Théophile Hyacinthe (1781-1826). De l'Ausculation Médiate ou Traité du diagnostic des maladies des poumons et du coeur, fondé principalement sur ce nouveau moyen d'exploration , Paris: J.-A. Brosson et J.-S. Chaudé, 1819, 2 volumes, 8°, FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE with the original cancellandum leaf a*2, 4 folding engraved plates (half title to vol. I partly detached, first leaf in quire 10 of vol. I with paper fault and resultant clean tear affecting 3 lines of text, spotting in both vols., heaviest in final index leaves), contemporary yellow and grey marbled boards backed in calf, spines with simple gilt ornaments and contemporary red morocco lettering-pieces, later cloth box. [Dibner Heralds 129; GM 2673: "revolutionised the study of disease of the thoracic organs"; Grolier Medicine 57: "Invention of the stethoscope, the first tool for physical diagnosis, together with Laennec's masterful correlation of stethoscopic signs of chest disease with corresponding autopsy findings"; Lilly p. 173; Osler 1318; PMM 280; Waller 5491; Wellcome III, p. 429] Provenance : Louis H. Silver (morocco ownership label); Joseph Halle Schaffner (bookplate) (2)