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Year: 1847
Last Name: de Vitry
First Name: Adolpho Dumareille
Title: Propagacao da medicina dental, instruccoes a quem desejar evitar operacoes dolorosas, conselhos as pessoas que tiverem a desgraca de perder os dentes.
City: Lisboa
Country: Portugal
Binding Detail: Contemporary dark green leather, gilt title and tooling to spine, gilt page edges, monogram of the Viscount de Campanha on the front board in gilt, silk page marker.
Condition: Bumping and chipping to corners and spine ends
Notes:

8vo; vii, 223 pgs. Includes author portrait and all 6 plates, with author promo at the end.

One of the earliest books on dentistry printed in Portugal. It gave advice on the care of the teeth, and became popular for a short time, enough to motivate a second edition the very next year in 1848.

de Vitry arrived in Lisbon in 1835, and established his practice shortly after, gaining esteem amongst the loyalty including, the Duchess of Bragança, Dona Maria II Queen of Portugal, and the Prince Consort Don Fernando.

His other books include; Observações claramente explicadas e desenvolvidas a cerca do tratamento dos dentes (1840), Manual do cirurgião-dentista ao alcance de todas as classes da sociedade (1843), Manual, ou, Vade-mecum da hygiene dental (1853).

Provenance: from the library of the Viscount de Campanha, with his monogram in gilt on front cover.

bookseller label inside front cover; "Livraria Academica"
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