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SCARPA, Antonio.

Sull'ernie memorie anatomico-chirurgiche.

Milan: Reale Stamperia, 1809.

1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Item #002671

Elephant folio (579 x 452 mm). iv, 84 pp., 20 engraved plates (including 10 in outline) by Faustino Anderloni. Contemporary half cloth over marbled boards (board and spine rubbed, extremities worn, corners scuffed and bumped), spine stamp-lettered in black, blue endpapers. Text and plates with weak central vertical- and horizontal fold throughout, flyleaves and title creased, repaired closed tear in blank margin of two plates and single text leaf, minor foxing mainly to margins of text (first and final leaves a bit stronger), otherwise quite crisp and clean. A fine copy with ample margins. ----

Norman 1901; Heirs of Hippocrates 1110; Garrison-Morton 3583; Onti, Scarpa, pp. 67-68; Waller 8544. FIRST EDITION. "Scarpa distinguished between inguinal and femoral hernia, describing the characteristics of each; he was also the first to call attention to the sliding hernia, and described the difference between congenital and acquired umbilical hernias. The eponyms "Scarpa's fascia" (creasteric fascia) and "Scarpa's triangle of the thigh" are derived from the present work. The magnificent plates, by Scarpa's illustrator Faustino Anderloni, are life-size." (Norman 1901). Visit our website for additional images and information.

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