P., Buisson, 1804, un volume in 8 relié en demi-basane, dos orné de filets dorés (reliure de l'époque), (3), 338pp., 8 PLANCHES DEPLIANTES
---- EDITION ORIGINALE ---- BEL EXEMPLAIRE ---- Heirs of Hippocrates N° 1108 : "Scarpa, a brilliant artist as well as a brilliant anatomist, was trained in anatomy by Morgagni at Padua and studied surgery at Bologna. At the age of twenty he became professor at Modena and in 1783 he went to Pavia where he helped bring the University of Pavia to preeminence. His legacy includes works in otolaryngology, orthopedics, ophthalmology neuroanatomy and surgery... Edited by Léveillé, this volume contains two of Scarpa's important works translated into french for the first time : De penitiori ossium structura commentarius and Memoria chirurgica sui piedi torti congenita dei fanciulli. In addition Léveillé had included two of his own works on dislocations of the femur and necroses -- Léveillé, french physician and army surgeon, became a personal friend of Scarpa's while serving with the french army in Italy. He later translated Scarpa's work on eye diseases into french"**4684/ARM2A