La Sicilia inventrice o vero le invenzioni lodevoli nate in Sicilia
By: opera del Doctor D. Vincenzo Auria Palermitano ; con le divertimenti geniali, osservazioni, e giunte all' istessa di D. Antonino Mongitore ; mongitore sacerdote Palermitano alla Sicilia Inventrice del doctor D. Vincenzo Auria
Contributors: Mongitore, Antonino, 1663-1743
Publisher: Per Felice Marino
Published: 1704
Place of publication: In Palermo
Language: ita
Number of pages: 303
Subjects: Early works to 1800; History; Inventions; Rhinoplasty; Ear ossicles; Lips; Surgery
Other titles: La Sicilia inventrice; Le divertimenti geniali, osservazioni, e giunte
Description: Text is dedicated to inventions developed in Sicily with commentary by D. Antonino Mongitore, a priest in Palermo, Sicily.  Chapter IV. , section III describes plastic surgery for: nose, ears and lips.
Notes: Signatures: [dagger]⁶ A-I⁴ [cross]⁶ L-Z⁴ Aa-Ii⁴ Kk-Pp⁶.

Separate title page for each title.

Printer's device on both t.p.

Includes index.

Errata notes on p. 302-03.

Vincenzo Auria is considered to be the earliest author to provide information on Branca, a surgeon in Catania, Sicily in the early 15th century.

"Le divertimenti geniali, osservazioni, e giunte" begins on p. 71.

Jerome P. Webster Library of Plastic Surgery.

Zeis Index, 4