BRUNI, Lorenzo.
Sopra la sezione del tendine d'Achille e di qualche altro tendine come mezzo curativo dei piedi torti. Seconda edizione.
Naples, Filiatre Sebezio, 1845.
With:
(2) IDEM. Agl'illustri scienziati del settimo congresso Italiano...
Naples, [Filiatre Sebezio?], 1845. With 2 double-page and 14 full-page lithographs.
(3) IDEM. Su i vantaggi che la ginnastica apporta al fisico al morale e a qualche malattia costituzionale.
Naples, Filiatre Sebezio, 1844.
(4) IDEM. Risultamenti clinici ottenuti nella sala ortopedica nell' ospedale di Santa Maria di Loreto in tutto l'anno del 1841.
Naples, Ministero di Stato degli affari interni, [1841]. With 4 folding lithographed plates.
(5) IDEM. Risultamenti clinici ottenuti nella sala ortopedica nell' ospedale di Santa Maria di Loreto in tutto l'anno del 1842.
Naples, Filiatre Sebezio, [1842]. With 3 lithographed plates, including 1 folding.
5 works in 1 vol. Super Royal (except ad 1 Demy) 8vo, mostly in 4s. Contemporary half tanned sheepskin, marbled sides, gold- and black-tooled spine with title in 2nd of 5 fields. 24; [38]; 14, [2 blank]; [4], 24; [2], 43, [1] pp.
€ 1,500
Five rare works by the Italian orthopaedist Lorenzo Bruni, all in the original Italian, ad 1 in its second edition and the others in their first (and only?) editions.
Ad. 1: Second edition of Bruni's lecture on the Achilles' tendon, delivered to the Academy of Medical Surgery on 28 July 1838.
Ad. 2: Atlas of 16 lithographed plates (2 double-page) depicting several deformities of human feet, hands, knees, legs and heads as well as some orthopaedic tools.
Ad. 3: Treatise on the benefits of gymnastics.
Ad. 4: Observations on deformities of hands, feet and face in the form of short case studies of people who have those deformities, illustrated with 4 folding lithographed plates.
Ad. 5: 1842 edition of "clinical results" discussing deformities of legs, eyes and the spine, illustrated with 3 lithographed plates, including 1 folding.
The texts and plates are printed on unwatermarked wove paper, but that of the text differs from that of the plates. The paper used for the text of at least ad 4 is a fairly early example of machine-made paper used for quality book-printing (the belt seam left a sort of "watermark" running across leaves 5 and 6 of quire 1, near the foot of the text).
In good condition. Some foxing throughout, largely confined to the text leaves. ICCU Cat. SBN (2, 4, 3, 8, 5 copies); not in Garrison & Morton; Meier, Kiefer cat.; Norman Lib.; Wellcome Library.
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