Scarpa, On Aneurism, 1808 (first English edition)

A Treatise on the Anatomy, Pathology, and Surgical Treatment of Aneurism, with engravings. By Antonio Scarpa, professor of anatomy and practical surgery in the University of Pavia; member of the National Institute of the Italian Republic, of the Royal Academy of Berlin, of the Royal Society of London, and of the Medical Societies of Paris, Edinburgh, &c. Translated from the Italian, with notes. By John Henry Wishart, fellow of the Royal college of Surgeons, and member of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Societies, of Edinburgh. Edinburgh: Printed for Mundell, Doig, & Stevenson; John Murray, and Cradock & Joy, (successors to the late T. Ostell), London; and H. Colbert, Dublin. 1808. 
 
Original half brown leather with marbled paper over boards. Gold text and details on spine. Leather a bit scuffed. Joints solid. Hinges cracking. Bookplate of John Sides Davies, Oswestry” on front paste down. Ffep with marginal tears, adhered to subsequent blank. Some small marginal stains. Minimal foxing. Clean, bright, and tight throughout. 
Ffep, title – xxiv, 503 (errata on verso), 2 plates, rfep. 
 
First English edition of an important work by Antonio Scarpa (1752 - 1832) First edition is G-M 2975: Sull’aneurisma: riflessioni ed osservazioni anatomico-chirurgiche. Pavia: tipog. Bolzani, 1804. “Scarpa distinguished true from false aneurysms. He introduced the concept of arteriosclerosis. English translations, Edinburgh, 1808 and 1819.“ 
 
Scarpa is eponymized in Scarpa’s fascia. He is also credited with being the first to describe the morbid anatomy of clubfoot.