SCHOENBERG, Jorgen Johan Albrecht von.

Sulla Restituzione del Naso. Rapporto fatto a sua Eccellenza il Signor Capitan Generale Conte Laval de Nugent...

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Six folding engraved plates (each somewhat foxed, one with some offsetting). 4 p.l., 60 pp., 1 leaf. Large 4to, cont. green sheep-backed marbled boards (some foxing), flat spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. Naples: dalla Reale Tipografia della Guerra, 1819. First edition of this rare report on plastic surgery, describing and illustrating the different methods of rhinoplastic operations in use for the reconstruction of a lost nose, including the Indian method introduced by Carpue, the Italian method invented by Tagliacozzi, and the German method as practiced by C.G. von Graefe. This book was written by the Danish physician Schönberg (1782-1841), the "distinguished" (Hirsch) director of the Ospedale della Pacella in Naples. It was issued at the request of the commander of the army of the King of Sicily.The present book can be considered a preview of Graefe's Rhinoplastik, the first great treatise on plastic surgery after Tagliacozzi and Carpue, which was published in Germany the same year.Good copy.• Gnudi & Webster, p. 508. Hirsch, V, pp. 119-20. Zeis 860.

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