Lot 1084
1084
ANATOMY -- SCARPA, A. Sull'ernie, memorie anatomico-chirurgiche. Milan, Dalla Reale Stamperia, 1809. iv, 84 pp. W. 20 splendid plates outside the text: 10 in chiaroscuro and 10 (repeated) in line, drawn and engraved in copper by Faustino Anderloni after the author's drawings. Lge-fol. Mod. cf., uncut (!), w. black & red label on spine. (8 lvs., incl. 2 plates very lightly waterstained, else a v.g. and clean copy w. crisp plates).
Antonio Scarpa (1752-1832) "(…) distinguished between inguinal and femoral hernia, describing the characteristics of each; he was also the first to call attention to the sliding hernia, and described the difference between congenital and acquired umbilical hernias." (Norman 1901). - First edition. G.-M. 3583: "This splendidly illustrated work with life-size plates includes the description of 'Scarpa's fascia' (creasteric fascia) and Scarpa's triangle of the thigh"; Heirs of Hippocrates 1110; Waller 8544 (1819 ed.).€ 800
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