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Author: Albinus, Bernhard Siegfried
Title: Academicarum Annotationum Liber Primus [-Sextus]
Place: Leiden
Publisher: J. & H. Verbeek
Date: 1754-1764
Item # : 211363
Sale Number   432
Lot Number   4
Sale Name    
The Library of Andrew Griffin: Fine Books in All Fields
Sale Date   07/08/2010
Sale Time   1pm PST
Low Estimate   $ 400
High Estimate   $ 600
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Description:
6 parts in 2 volumes (of 8 parts). 104, [1], (1 blank), 114, (2 blank), 120, 118, [1]; 150, [1], (1 blank), 166, [1] pp. Each part with its own imprint. 34 copper-engraved anatomical plates by Jan Wandelaer. Volume 1 is 23.7x18.8 cm. (9¼x7¼"); Volume 2 is 26.7x20.8 cm. (10½x8") each in boards.
This collection of miscellaneous treatises includes Albinus's anatomic-physiologic studies of the nerves, in which he attempted to discover their exact role in muscular contraction. Wellcome II, p. 26.
Condition:
Volume 1 lacks spine; Volume 2 disbound from the boards; pages and plates within near fine.
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