SCARPA, Antonio (1747-1832). Sull'ernie memorie anatomico-chirugiche, Milan: dalla Reale Stamperia, 1809. 2° (682 x 494mm). 10 engraved plates by and after Faustino Anderloni (1766-1847), each with an outline key plate. (Some light spotting throughout, some mainly marginal thumb-soiling.) Contemporary half calf (front cover detached, worn). Provenance: Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. In this splendidly illustrated work with life-size illustrations "Scarpa distinguished between inguinal and femoral hernia, describing the characteristics of each; he was also the first to call attention to the sliding hernia, and described the difference between congential and acquired umbilical hernias" (Norman). Garrison & Morton 3583; Norman 1901; Waller 8544.