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BONOMO (GIOVANNI COSIMO)
Osservazioni intorno a'pellicelli del corpo umano, FIRST EDITION, Florence, Piero Martini, 1687

11 November 2015, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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BONOMO (GIOVANNI COSIMO)

Osservazioni intorno a'pellicelli del corpo umano, FIRST EDITION, woodcut device on title, one engraved plate depicting 15 figures of scabies mites, modern boards [Garrison-Morton 2529.1, 4012; Norman 265; Wellcome 14309919], 4to (220 x 160mm.), Florence, Piero Martini, 1687

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Written in the form of a letter to the author's teacher Francesco Redi, Osservazioni was the "first clinical and experimental proof of infection by a microparasite", Bonomo having identified the mite as the cause of scabies.

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