CANGIAMILA Francesco-Emanuele (1702-1763) - Embriologia sacra, overo dell’uffizio dé sacerdoti, medici, e superiori. Palermo: Francesco Valenza regio impressore della ss. Crociata, 1745.   First edition of Cangiamila's most renowned work which describes for the first time the application of the C-section during birth.   4to (198 x 141mm). Woodcut initials and headpieces (few occasional light stains). Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine, speckled edges (few light stains). Provenance: inscription on front free endpaper - Maurice Villaret (1877-1946, bookplate; French neurologist).


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