Oct 21, 2014 - Sale 2362

Sale 2362 - Lot 229

Price Realized: $ 344
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
SCARPA, ANTONIO. A Treatise on the Anatomy, Pathology, and Surgical Treatment of Aneurism. 2 engraved plates. xxiv, 503, [1] pages. 8vo, 222x127 mm, modern cloth; opening leaves and plates foxed. Edinburgh, 1808

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first edition in english, omitting most of the illustrations from the Italian original version. "Scarpa distinguished true from false aneurysms. He introduced the concept of arteriosclerosis"--Garrison-Morton 2975 (1804 original edition in Italian).