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SCARPA, Antonio (1747-1832). Saggio di osservazioni e d'esperienze sulle principali malattie degli occhi... Pavia: B. Comini, 1801.
4o (310 x 228 mm., uncut). Engraved portrait frontispiece and 3 engraved plates by F. Anderloni after Scarpa's drawings. Contemporary limp boards, printed paper label on spine.
FIRST EDITION. The first textbook on the diseases of the eye to be published in Italian. "The author has been called the father of Italian ophthalmology" (Garrison-Morton). Garrison-Morton 5835; Heirs of Hippocrates 1106; Waller 8543; Norman 1899.
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FIRST EDITION. The first textbook on the diseases of the eye to be published in Italian. "The author has been called the father of Italian ophthalmology" (Garrison-Morton). Garrison-Morton 5835; Heirs of Hippocrates 1106; Waller 8543; Norman 1899.