Dr DELACROIX - De la connaissance du tempéram... Lot n° 1027

Knowledge of temperament, faithful painting of the blood, nervous, bilious and slimy states, as principles of all diseases. Signs which everyone will easily recognise if the ills he feels are caused by Blood, [...]. Father of the painter Eugène Delacroix. First edition "Signs which everyone will easily know if the ailments he experiences are caused by blood, mood or nerves, disposition to apoplexy, dropsy and lung disease. Effects and dangers of constipation; ways of combating these various states, winds, thinness and excess weight. Signs which announce a good constitution and the probabilities of a long life". In-8, half calf, tired bits, signature of the editor, Paris, 1829, 81 pp.