Brambilla (Giovanni Alessandro) Instrumentarium chirurgicum militare Austriacum, first edition, printed on thick paper, engraved title, dedication, head- & tail-pieces and 67 plates, with the 5 leaves of Preface (often lacking), a little browned, occasional spotting, ex-library copy with faint unobtrusive stamp to plates and stain to head of title and dedication where stamp removed, modern blue morocco-backed cloth, spine gilt, uncut, [Wellcome II, 229], folio, [Vienna, Matthias Schmidt], 1782.

⁂ The most complete survey of surgical and medical instruments of its time, illustrating over 600 instruments in actual size, some invented by the author. Brambilla was personal physician to Emperor Joseph II and established a school for military surgery in Vienna in 1781.