SCARPA, Antonio (1747-1832). Sull'ernie memorie anatomico-chirurgiche. Milan: dalla Reale Stamperia, 1809. Chancery broadsheets (486 x 667 mm). 20 engraved plates by Faustino Anderloni, including 10 outline plates (Marginal and gutter repairs to title, small marginal repairs to first 9 text leaves, dampstaining and spotting to last 14 leaves, mainly in lower margins). Modern vellum-backed boards. FIRST EDITION. "This authoritative work on hernia, from which are derived the eponyms 'Scarpa's fascia' and 'Scarpa's triangle' of the thigh, is enhanced by the ten life-size plates artistically drawn by Scarpa himself, depicting the operation and anatomical sections" (Heirs of Hippocrates). Garrison-Morton-Norman 3583; Heirs of Hippocrates 1110; Norman 1901; Waller 8544.

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SCARPA, Antonio (1747-1832). Sull'ernie memorie anatomico-chirurgiche. Milan: dalla Reale Stamperia, 1809. Chancery broadsheets (486 x 667 mm). 20 engraved plates by Faustino Anderloni, including 10 outline plates (Marginal and gutter repairs to title, small marginal repairs to first 9 text leaves, dampstaining and spotting to last 14 leaves, mainly in lower margins). Modern vellum-backed boards. FIRST EDITION. "This authoritative work on hernia, from which are derived the eponyms 'Scarpa's fascia' and 'Scarpa's triangle' of the thigh, is enhanced by the ten life-size plates artistically drawn by Scarpa himself, depicting the operation and anatomical sections" (Heirs of Hippocrates). Garrison-Morton-Norman 3583; Heirs of Hippocrates 1110; Norman 1901; Waller 8544.