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VALSALVA, Antonio Maria (1666-1723). Opera hoc est tractatus de aure humana editione hac quarta accuratissime descriptus. Edited by Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682-1771). Venice: Francesco Pitteri, 1740.
2 volumes, 4o (264 x 192 mm). Title-page in first volume printed in red and black, small woodcut vignettes on title-pages, engraved frontispiece, 13 engraved folding plates. (Errata leaf repaired at end of Vol. 1.) Contemporary speckled sheep, spines richly gilt (some wear at corners, covers skinned in a few places). Provenance: early owner's notations on rear endpages of first volume.
First collected edition of Valsalva's works, edited by his student Morgagni. It includes a reprint of his important treatise on the anatomy and physiology of the human ear, De aure humani tractatus. The preface by Morgagni constitutes the first and most important biography of Valsalva. A FINE SET. Garrison-Morton 803; Norman 2126. (2)
2 volumes, 4o (264 x 192 mm). Title-page in first volume printed in red and black, small woodcut vignettes on title-pages, engraved frontispiece, 13 engraved folding plates. (Errata leaf repaired at end of Vol. 1.) Contemporary speckled sheep, spines richly gilt (some wear at corners, covers skinned in a few places). Provenance: early owner's notations on rear endpages of first volume.
First collected edition of Valsalva's works, edited by his student Morgagni. It includes a reprint of his important treatise on the anatomy and physiology of the human ear, De aure humani tractatus. The preface by Morgagni constitutes the first and most important biography of Valsalva. A FINE SET. Garrison-Morton 803; Norman 2126. (2)