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MORGAGNI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. The Seats and Causes of Diseases, investigated by Anatomy . . . Abridged and Elucidated with Copious Notes by William Cooke. [2], xvii, [3], 519, [1]; [4], 616 pages. 2 volumes. 8vo, 214x134 mm, contemporary 1/2 sheep, spines slightly discolored, the first chipped at top; intermittent foxing or browning. Contemporary signature of W. H. Gorham on front pastedowns. Boston: Wells and Lilly & Philadephia: H. C. Carey and I. Lea, 1824
first american edition of the foundation work of modern pathological anatomy, reprinting the translation by Cooke originally published in 1822 in London, the second into English after Benjamin Alexander's 1769 version. Garrison-Morton 2276, 2734, 2885; Norman 1547; Printing and the Mind of Man 206 (all citing the 1761 original edition in Latin); Heirs of Hippocrates 794 (this edition).
