SANTORINI, Giovanni Domenico (1681-1737). Septemdecim tabulae, quas nunc primum edit atque explicat, quas nunc primum edit atque explicat iisque alias addit de structura mammarum et de tunica testis vaginali Michael Girardi, Parma: [Bodoni], ex regia typographia, 1775, 4°, engraved portrait, 42 engraved plates, including 21 outline plates most by Marcella after Piazetta (2 plates cropped and one shaved with slight loss, inked accession no. on *2, stain on a4-b2, m2 creased), contemporary calf-backed paste paper boards (rubbed, backstrip worn, inner hinge repaired with tape). [Blake p. 401; Choulant/Frank p. 263; GM 399.1; Norman 1888; Waller 8476 (calling for 41 plates)] Provenance: Robert Sonnenschein (bookplate and signature); JCL

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SANTORINI, Giovanni Domenico (1681-1737). Septemdecim tabulae, quas nunc primum edit atque explicat, quas nunc primum edit atque explicat iisque alias addit de structura mammarum et de tunica testis vaginali Michael Girardi, Parma: [Bodoni], ex regia typographia, 1775, 4°, engraved portrait, 42 engraved plates, including 21 outline plates most by Marcella after Piazetta (2 plates cropped and one shaved with slight loss, inked accession no. on *2, stain on a⁴-b², m2 creased), contemporary calf-backed paste paper boards (rubbed, backstrip worn, inner hinge repaired with tape). [Blake p. 401; Choulant/Frank p. 263; GM 399.1; Norman 1888; Waller 8476 (calling for 41 plates)] Provenance: Robert Sonnenschein (bookplate and signature); JCL

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GM: "Santorini died before the completion of these anatomical plates which he intended to be his chef d'oeuvre. This elegantly printed volume is the only significant medical book printed by the celebrated Giambattista Bodoni for the Duke of Parma."

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