Author: Bois-Reymond, Emil du

Publisher: Berlin: Reimer 1848.

Description: lvi 743p 608p 579p in four uniform volumes labeled "1", "2", "2.2" and "Schluss", the second part of volume 2 is bound in two parts, period half morocco binding with light rubbing to hinges, marbled endpapers, marbled edges, binding tight and firm, plates folded well and clean, some title pages with woodcut illustrations, original paper cover for volume 2 bound in, from the library of Andrew Huxley, Nobel Laureate, with a note in his hand to verso of endpaper "from the books of Leonard Bayliss". Important set with a compelling physiological provenance

Order No: PIP 182394

Language: German

This book has been catalogued with the following subject terms: 19th Century, Animals, Biology, History of Science