ALGHISI, Tommaso (1669-1713). Litotomia. Ovvero del Cavar la Pietra. Florence: Giuseppe Manni, 1707.
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ALGHISI, Tommaso (1669-1713). Litotomia. Ovvero del Cavar la Pietra. Florence: Giuseppe Manni, 1707.

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ALGHISI, Tommaso (1669-1713). Litotomia. Ovvero del Cavar la Pietra. Florence: Giuseppe Manni, 1707.

2° (294 x 203mm). Half-title, engraved vignette on title, 16 engraved plates, woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials. (Title, A1 and a number of other leaves strengthened at gutter, plate 1 with large repaired tear and backed but without loss, plate 2 and a few others stained, a few scattered stains to text.) Contemporary calf (rebacked preserving original spine, extensive repairs to covers, split in spine near head and through label). Provenance: A.M. (old stamp on recto of first dedication leaf).

FIRST EDITION of an early and influential work of urology. Tommaso Alghisi, a Florentine physician, was particularly esteemed for his skill in the surgical treatment of kidneys and kidney stones; even Pope Clement XI, to whom the work is dedicated, requested and appreciated his work. Garrison and Morton 4279.1; Wellcome II, 30; Waller 351; Blake 10.
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