SCARPA, Antonio (1752-1832). Saggio di osservazioni e d'esperienze sulle principali malattie degli occhi. Pavia: Baldassare Comino, 1801. 4o (291 x 215 mm). Frontispiece portrait by F. Anderloni after G. Cattaneo, 3 engraved plates by Anderloni (faint marginal dampstaining to a few leaves). Antique vellum, morocco lettering piece (corners slightly bumped). FIRST EDITION. The first textbook on diseases of the eye to be printed in Italian, containing the first description of the operation of iridodialysis, and significant chapters on cataracts, staphyloma and diseases of the vessels of the eye. Garrison-Morton 5835; Heirs of Hippocrates 688; Waller 8543.