Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1104

ANTONIO SCARPA (1752-1832) Anatomicarum annotationum. Apud Joseph Galeatium 1792 2nd ed. Vol. I: 115 pp., 2 plates (1 fold.); Vol. II: 82 pp., 2 plates, each accompanied by a duplicate outline plate. 28.3 cm.

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Scarpa's Anatomicarum annotationum, first published in 1779, studies the nerve fibers in the ganglia, the plexuses, and the olfactory system. The four copperplate illustrations are again examples of Scarpa's brilliant drawings of the finer anatomical structures.

Cited references: Choulant-Frank, pp. 298-299; Waller 8533 (1st ed., 1779)

Gift of John Martin, M.D.