BOURDET Étienne Recherches et observations sur toutes les parties de l’art du dentiste.

Garrison-Morton, 3673,1; David, p. 39; Weinberger, Dental Bibliography, p. 21; Poletti, p. 30; Wellcome, p. 213; Blake, p. 61.

First edition.

‘Probably the most significant [French dental] author after Fauchard’ (Garrison-Morton).

Bourdet, dentist to the King and surgeon to the Count of Provence, devotes several chapters to newly invented dental prostheses.

‘The work has 650 pages in two volumes. The first is devoted to everything to do with morphology, physiology, dental and gum pathologies; the second deals with therapeutics for straightening teeth, plumbing them, extracting them, strengthening them and replacing them. Finally, the last chapter lists all the compositions for preserving teeth and gums. Very well structured, the chapters are pleasant to read and Bourdet’s language more fluid than that of his ‘guide’ [Fauchard’s Chirurgien dentiste, mentioned in the preface]. Similar to Fauchard in many respects, it is in the field of prosthetics that he differs from him, bringing real improvements’ (see Micheline Ruel-Kellermann, University of Paris).

Illustrated with 13 folding plates showing instruments and prostheses prepared with a gold base and natural teeth.

Important medical provenance

Copy having belonged to the physician Joseph Marie Tissot of Montpellier (signature on the titles).

A very good copy, well preserved in its first binding.