[SURGERY]. [TAGLIACOZZI, Gaspare]. Giralomo MERCURIALE. De decoratione liber... additi nunc primum duo tractatus; alter De varicibus alter, De reficiendo naso: nunquam antea editi. Frankfurt: Johann Wechel, 1587. 8o. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. Tagliacozzi's De reficiendo naso, dated 22 Feb. 1586, appears on pp. 116-120 (H2v-H4v). (Lightly washed, faint overall browning, repairs to gutters in first quire, small hole to B2 affecting 5 or 6 letters, supplied in skillful facsimile.) Modern vellum over flexible pasteboard, by Lobstein-Laurenchet. Provenance: G. Baÿr (contemporary inscription on title); a few later marginalia. Second edition of Mercuriale, FIRST EDITION of Tagliacozzi's important letter to Mercuriale, containing the first published description of his path-breaking achievements in rhinoplasty. He named four successful cases treated in the past year, and announced the imminent publication of a complete treatise on the subject. Because of delays in the preparation of the illustrations, eleven years passed before De curtorum chirurgia was finally published. Adams M-1323; Garrison-Morton-Norman 5733.52; NLM/Durling 3093; Wellcome I, 4243; Zeis 122, 174.