SCARPA, Antonio (1747-1832). Sull'ernie memorie anatomico-chirurgiche. Milan: dalla Reale Stamperia, 1809.

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SCARPA, Antonio (1747-1832). Sull'ernie memorie anatomico-chirurgiche. Milan: dalla Reale Stamperia, 1809.

Chancery broadsheets (690 x 505 mm), 20 engraved plates by Faustino Anderloni, including 10 outline plates. Modern half morocco antique style.

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. Accompanying the principal plates are ten outline keys. (Heirs of Hippocrates). Garrison-Morton 3583; Heirs of Hippocrastes 1110; Waller 8544; Norman 1901.