Traite de Chimie Anatomique et Physiologique, Normale et Pathologique. Atlas Only
unbound
1853 · Paris
by ROBIN, Charles and VERDEIL, F.
Paris: J.-B. Bailliere, 1853. First. unbound. good. Atlas only: comprising 45 finely detailed engraved plates, some in color, by Robin and Lackerbauer. Small 4to, disbound but still firmly sewn, with spine label preserved. Paris: Chez J.-B. Bailliere, 1853. First edition. 2 small ex-lib stamps and light scattered foxing, but plates mostly clean. A good copy. Despite its useful information on the study of chemical compounds in organisms, Gillespie claims this work "showed that research oriented in this direction led at that time to a dead end and that... the superiority of a morphological approach was undeniable."-- Dictionary of Scientific Biography, 491-2. (Inventory #: 268694)