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LANCISI, Giovanni Maria (1654-1720). De motu cordis et aneurysmatibus, opus posthumum in duas partes divisum . Rome: Giovanni Maria Salvioni, 1728. 2 o (368 x 246 mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author by Jakob Frey after Sebastian Conca, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette by C. Gregori, 7 engraved plates of the heart and coronary system after Niccol Ricciolini, one engraved and a few woodcut initials. (Scattered foxing, title and dedication leaves slightly stained, occasional marginal dampstaining.) Modern plain boards, UNCUT (small perforation to backstrip). Provenance : Jo....Maunagioro(?), 18th-century inscription on title; a few 18th-century marginalia. FIRST EDITION. A posthumously published continuation of De subitaneis mortibus (see lot 594), Lancisi's first work on cardiac pathology. In the present work, mainly devoted to the study of aneurysms, Lancisi showed many heart lesions to be syphilitic in nature and gave the first clinical description of syphilis of the heart. As causes of aneurysms he noted syphilis, asthma, palpitation, violent emotions, and excess. "He also reported, based on his won experiments, that mercury injected into the coronary arteries shows up in the chambers of the heart, which led him to speculate that the injected material escaped through venous channels" (Norman). Garrison-Morton 2973; Osler 3152; Wellcome III, p. 441; Norman 1275.