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HOUEL (Charles Nicolas), Catalogue des pièces du Musée Dupuytren, Paris, Dupont & Masson, 1877-1879

4 volumes of 85 collotype plates ; original printed cardboard.

Quite rare in private handes – The complet atlas of 85 collotypes plates of  the “Detailed catalogue, illustrated by photography, of the Musée Dupuytren, a museum of gross pathology. When this catalogue was published the museum contained about 6000 items.” (G&M 11147)

The Dupuytren Museum, now closed, was one of the most important (around 6000 pieces) of pathological anatomy.

“It was not a complete surprise, then, when the Musée Dupuytren announced it would be closing its doors for good in 2016 — officially, because the premises had fallen into a state of disrepair and did not meet accessibility requirements. Its collections were transferred to the basement of the Sorbonne University’s Pierre and Marie Curie campus where they can now be visited by students and researchers exclusively on request. There are currently no plans for the museum to reopen. Anyone wanting to discover more about the Musée Dupuytren and its contribution to the history of medical science must make do with Charles-Nicolas Houel’s Catalogue des pièces du musée Dupuytren. This five-volume inventory, published between 1877 and 1880, detailed the six thousand or so specimens in the museum’s collection at the time, accompanied by some eighty-five black-and-white photographs.” (see online Displaying the Dead. The Musée Dupuytren Catalogue by Daisy Sainsbury).

Fine and genuine condition.