MASCAGNI, PAOLO. Vasorum lymphaticorum corporis humani historia et ichnographia. Siena: Pazzini Carli, 1787. Engraved title vignette and 41 engraved plates (including 14 outline plates) executed by CIRO SANTI. Folio, modern half brown morocco, spine gilt-lettered; lacking dedication leaf, the first 12 leaves with short marginal tears, repaired, final 2 plates with some waterstaining (affecting upper left portion of image), some light marginal foxing or soiling. FIRST EDITION of one of the most beautifully illustrated medical texts. Garrison-Morton 1104 ("Mascagni, professor of anatomy at Siena, made several discoveries regarding the lymphatics. His beautiful atlas contained 41 engravings of the lymphatics and gained him lasting fame"); Heirs of Hippocrates 684 ("a landmark of anatomic illustration").

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MASCAGNI, PAOLO. Vasorum lymphaticorum corporis humani historia et ichnographia. Siena: Pazzini Carli, 1787. Engraved title vignette and 41 engraved plates (including 14 outline plates) executed by CIRO SANTI. Folio, modern half brown morocco, spine gilt-lettered; lacking dedication leaf, the first 12 leaves with short marginal tears, repaired, final 2 plates with some waterstaining (affecting upper left portion of image), some light marginal foxing or soiling. FIRST EDITION of one of the most beautifully illustrated medical texts. Garrison-Morton 1104 ("Mascagni, professor of anatomy at Siena, made several discoveries regarding the lymphatics. His beautiful atlas contained 41 engravings of the lymphatics and gained him lasting fame"); Heirs of Hippocrates 684 ("a landmark of anatomic illustration").