SCARPA, Antonio (1747-1832). De penitiori ossium structura commentarius. Leipzig: Gschen for Hartknoch, 1799. 4o (284 x 221 mm.) 3 engraved plates by Faustino Anderloni (some browning and staining.) Contemporary limp brown boards (rebacked). FIRST EDITION. "A treatise on the cancellous or spongy tissue of the bones, the double origin of callous in fractures, the nature and variety of exostoses or bony tumors, and the process of bone absorption" (Norman). Garrison-Morton 1553; Norman 1898. -- Memoria chirurgica sui piedi torti congeniti dei fanciulli e sulla maniera de correggere questa deformit. Pavia: G. Comini, 1803. 4o (290 x 206 mm). 5 engraved plates including 3 folding by Faustino and Petro Anderloni (some staining to plates.) Modern green half morocco. FIRST EDITION. "The first accurate account of the state of the bones, muscles and lingament in congenital clubfoot" (Norman). Garrison-Morton 4308; Heirs of Hippocrates 1107 (1806 edition); Norman 1900. (2)

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SCARPA, Antonio (1747-1832). De penitiori ossium structura commentarius. Leipzig: Gschen for Hartknoch, 1799. 4o (284 x 221 mm.) 3 engraved plates by Faustino Anderloni (some browning and staining.) Contemporary limp brown boards (rebacked). FIRST EDITION. "A treatise on the cancellous or spongy tissue of the bones, the double origin of callous in fractures, the nature and variety of exostoses or bony tumors, and the process of bone absorption" (Norman). Garrison-Morton 1553; Norman 1898. -- Memoria chirurgica sui piedi torti congeniti dei fanciulli e sulla maniera de correggere questa deformit. Pavia: G. Comini, 1803. 4o (290 x 206 mm). 5 engraved plates including 3 folding by Faustino and Petro Anderloni (some staining to plates.) Modern green half morocco. FIRST EDITION. "The first accurate account of the state of the bones, muscles and lingament in congenital clubfoot" (Norman). Garrison-Morton 4308; Heirs of Hippocrates 1107 (1806 edition); Norman 1900. (2)