Auction web 118
By Bertolami Fine Art
Jun 16, 2022
Munich, Italy
Giovedì 16 giugno 2022 dalle ore 14:00 CEST
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LOT 203:

DOMENICO BILLI

Breve trattato delle malattie degli occhi di Domenico Billi cerusico d’Ancona ... In ...

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Auction took place on Jun 16, 2022 at Bertolami Fine Art
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DOMENICO BILLI

Breve trattato delle malattie degli occhi di Domenico Billi cerusico d’Ancona ... In Ancona, nella stamperia Bellelli, 1749


§ 8vo (210 x 145 ); XX, 224, [4] pp. (last 3 blank), signature: *1-10, A-O1-8, [no sign.]1-2 (last blank); 1 large engraved folding plate, depicting surgical instruments, by Giuseppe Manzoni; woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. Contemporary boards, printed title-piece on spine. Sporadically faintly browned/foxed but a fascinating, uncut copy.

First edition of one of the most famous and early treatises on ophtalmology printed in Italy.
Ref: De Renzi V, p. 877; Blake p. 48; Lilla Wechsler et al. The Bernard Becker Collection in Ophthalmology

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