
116. Morgagni (Giovanni Battista) The Seats and Causes of Diseases…, translated by Benjamin Alexander, 3 vol., first English edition, title of vol.1 mounted on stub and with faint ink inscription at head (partly erased), staining to lower outer corner at beginning of vol.1, first and last few leaves rather soiled or browned, ex-library copy with old ink stamp on title of vol.2 & 3, modern calf, red morocco labels, boards very slightly warped, [GM 2276; Wellcome III p.178], 4to, for A. Millar and T. Cadell, 1769.
est. £1000 – £1500
“By this great work, one of the most important in the history of medicine, Morgagni was the true founder of modern pathological anatomy.” GM.
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