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Paris, Fortin, Masson et Cie., 1843. Two volumes in two. 8vo (21.3 x 13.0 cm). pp. 1516 pp. [xxxii, 720; xv, 749]; one large, multi-folding plate. Uniform contemporary quarter calf over pebbled boards. Spines with gilt ornamental lines and title. Marbled endpapers. All edges speckled = An attractive set of the foremost toxicological work of the first half of the 19th century, written by the Spanish (later French) medical doctor Mathieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila (1787-1853), widely regarded as the founder of toxicology as a science. Provenance: on the front pastedown a mineralogical bookplate of the French mineralogist and professor at the École des Mines, Claude Jean Guy Guillemin (1923-1994), who was a co-founder of the International Mineralogical Association. First and last blanks toned; a few, tiny wormholes limited to the front hinge of vol. 2; otherwise,very good, clean set. Garrison and Morton, 2072.