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FALLOPPIO, Gabriele.

Opuscula tria. I. Tractatus de vulneribus. II. Expositio in lib. Hipp. de vulneribus capitis. III. Tractatus de vulneribus oculorum, aliarumque partium corporis. .

Venice: Paul Meietus, 1569.

1st Edition. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Very Good. Item #002512

3 parts in 1 volume. 4to (208 x 149 mm). [8], 223, [25] pp. Signatures: *⁴ A⁸ B-V⁴ X⁶ Y-Cc⁴ Dd² a-c⁴. Separate title-page with woodcut device to each part, woodcut head-pieces and initials, including the blank leaf L4. Internally little browned, occasional minor foxing, some worming and light dampstaining to top margin of second part, one wormtrack to final leaves of index affecting a few letters, leaf Q4 torn in lower blank margin. Contemporary limp vellum, spine lettered in script (little staining and soiling, spine darkened). Provenance: Joannis Antony Farrelly(?) (signature to lower margin of title-page, dated 1744). A fine, wide-margined copy. ----

NLM/Durling 1429; Adams F136; Castiglioni 372; not in Wellcome, Waller or Bird. FIRST EDITION. Rare work of the famous surgeon and anatomist Gabriele Falloppio dealing with different types of injuries, their care and healing.

Price: 3,000 €  *  convert currency