![[MORGAGNI, Giovanni Battista (founder of pathological anatomy, 1682-1771)] -- UNIVERSITY OF PADUA. Document conferring a doctorate in medicine on Carolus Antonius Gracius of Jadera, in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, Padua, 4 April 1744.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2010/CSK/2010_CSK_05476_0157_000(morgagni_giovanni_battista_--_university_of_padua_document_conferring042655).jpg?w=1)
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[MORGAGNI, Giovanni Battista (founder of pathological anatomy, 1682-1771)] -- UNIVERSITY OF PADUA. Document conferring a doctorate in medicine on Carolus Antonius Gracius of Jadera, in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, Padua, 4 April 1744.
241 x 173mm. 4 folios, text in black and gold, f.1v with recipient's armorial within full-page border of flowers and peacocks and crowned double-headed eagle, f.2 with similar full-page border and the lion of Venice, endorsements added on ff.3v-4 by university officials including Morgagni as holder of the first chair of anatomy (a few small wormholes). 18th-century Italian calf gilt (rebacked, light wear). With (loosely inserted): diploma granting a doctorate in jurisprudence to Carolus Venturini, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, University of Padua, 25 February 1715, 3 folios, issued in the name of Giovanni II Cornaro (1647-1722), Doge of Venice, with armorial and two full-page borders (some marginal worming), and, diploma attesting the doctorate of Johannes Antonius Casser, University of Padua, 30 March 1771, on a bifolium. (3)
241 x 173mm. 4 folios, text in black and gold, f.1v with recipient's armorial within full-page border of flowers and peacocks and crowned double-headed eagle, f.2 with similar full-page border and the lion of Venice, endorsements added on ff.3v-4 by university officials including Morgagni as holder of the first chair of anatomy (a few small wormholes). 18th-century Italian calf gilt (rebacked, light wear). With (loosely inserted): diploma granting a doctorate in jurisprudence to Carolus Venturini, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, University of Padua, 25 February 1715, 3 folios, issued in the name of Giovanni II Cornaro (1647-1722), Doge of Venice, with armorial and two full-page borders (some marginal worming), and, diploma attesting the doctorate of Johannes Antonius Casser, University of Padua, 30 March 1771, on a bifolium. (3)